IN HIS BESTSELLING FIRST BOOK, The Great American House, Gil Schafer explored the qualities that make a house a home – architecture, landscape, and decoration. In his eagerly awaited second book, A Place to Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New American House, Schafer shows how traditional and classical principles can blend with a sense of place to create beautifully realized homes in a range of styles, all with the satisfying tensions of fancy and simple, past and present. “I am, to be sure, a classical architect,” says Schafer. “But as important as a commitment to classicism has been to me, no less meaningful is the desire to create architecture that is effectively responsive to a set of circumstances.” He brilliantly illustrates this and the power of place in his stunning new volume.
In part one, Schafer shares his essential toolkit for building a house that succeeds in both craft and emotion, from how to read the landscape, to incorporating memory, to learning how to balance both fancy and simple elements. In part two, he presents seven homes in depth, including an apartment with a view of Central Park, an updated Connecticut colonial on a large farm, an Adirondacks camp on Lake Placid, and a stunning A-frame on the coast of Maine. While each is unique, all of the homes are beautifully livable, at ease on the land they occupy, in style, scale, and materials, models that readers will want to emulate in their own lives.
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Book Tour Schedule
Past Events
Northeast Harbor, ME
August 14, 2019
Lecture and book signing at the Northeast Harbor Library
Rockland, ME
August 15, 2019
An evening with Gil Schafer at The Strand Theater, presented by The General Henry Knox Museum
Nashville
February 1-3, 2019
Honorary Chair at the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville
Newport Beach, CA
February 12, 2019
Lecture and Book Signing at the Orange Country Decorative Arts Society
Dallas
April 24 & 25, 2019
Lecture and Book Signing at the Dallas Woman’s Club
Atlanta
September 28, 2017 1:00pm
Lecture and Book Signing at Discover ADAC & Ainsworth Noah, sponsored by Architectural Digest
New York City
October 4, 2017 6:00-8:00pm
Book Launch Party at John Rosselli Antiques
New Preston, CT
October 7, 2017 2:00-4:00pm
Book Signing and Cocktails at Privet House
Boston
October 11, 2017 10:30am
“Bibliophile Boston” Keynote Lecture and Book Signing at the Boston Design Center’s Fall Design Week For Tickets
Seattle
October 22, 2017 1:00-4:00pm
Lecture and Book Signing at The Rainier Club, sponsored by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art
Los Angeles
October 24, 2017 5:30-7:30pm
Cocktail Party and Book Signing at Hollyhock
San Francisco
October 28, 2017 12:00pm
Designer Day Luncheon Keynote Lecture and Book Signing at the San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show
Winterthur, DE
November 10, 2017 10:00am
Keynote Lecture and Book Signing at the Delaware Antiques Show
Dallas
November 14, 2017
Private Cocktail Party and Book Signing
Houston
November 15, 2017
Lecture and Book Signing with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art
Palm Beach
January 4, 2018 2:00pm
Lecture and Book Signing at the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
New York City
January 18, 2018
Honorary Design Chair for The Winter Antiques Show
Lyford Cay, Bahamas
January 25-27, 2018
Lecture and Book Signing at the Lyford Cay Design Weekend
Nashville
February 1-4, 2018
Lecture and Book Signing at the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville
New York City
February 15, 2018 6:00pm
Lecture and Book Signing at the New York School of Interior Design, sponsored by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art
Charleston
March 16, 2018
“Intimate Talks with Design in Mind” Lecture and Book Signing at the Charleston Antiques Show
Houston
April 10, 2018
1:00pm Lecture and Book Signing at Houston Design Center in Bloom with Flower magazine
Winston-Salem
May 5, 2018
10:30am Lecture and Book Signing at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Design Seminar
Nantucket
July 19, 2018 11:30am
Keynote Lecture and Book Signing at the Nantucket Preservation Trust Summer Luncheon
Ellsworth, Maine
August 17, 2018 11:00am
Keynote Lecture and Book Signing at the Ellsworth Antiques Show at the Woodlawn Museum
Grosse Point, Michigan
November 3, 2018 2:00pm
Keynote Lecture at The War Memorial’s Art & Antiques Show