We are delighted to welcome renowned architect Gil Schafer back to The Exchange! He’ll sign copies of his new book, Home At Last, on Thursday afternoon between 2:00 and 3:30.
The work of Gil Schafer—one of the world’s leading experts on contemporary traditional architecture—is beloved for its elegance, charm, and strong sense of history and place. Schafer is known to have a deep understanding of how a house must reflect and support the lives of those who live within its walls. Home at Last is a distillation of what he has learned and how he translates it to his work on houses that are adaptive to the evolution of life, depending upon a family’s needs.
The book includes homes he has designed in the mist-covered Hudson Valley, on a bluff above Lake Champlain, on the windswept shores of Block Island, and on the coast of Maine. Schafer shares the stories of these houses and their owners, exploring the choices made for architecture and interiors, and reemphasizing his guiding principles: how to create classical buildings that “live modern”; how to adapt buildings to different regions and ways of life; the connection to landscape; why fancy can coexist with simple, and traditional with modern.
Home at Last is a tribute to the power of the American house; and you won’t want to miss meeting this talented and charming author and architect. If you cannot join us though you may call the store at (214)521-3862 and pre purchase his book. We’ll have it signed for you and you may pick it up at your convenience.