The Great American House: Tradition for the Way We Live Now

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Acclaimed architect Gil Schafer illustrates how he blends classical architecture, interior decoration, and landscape to create homes with a feeling of history. As a traditional architect, Gil Schafer makes a speciality of building new “old” houses in addition to renovating historic homes. His work takes the most productive of American historic and classical architecture—its detailed moldings and harmonious proportions—and updates it, retaining its character and detail whilst concurrently reworking it to be more in tune with the way we are living now—comfortable, practical, circle of relatives-oriented. In his first book, Schafer covers the three very important cornerstones of creating a great traditional house: architecture, landscape, and decoration. He discusses the important interplay between the interior architecture and the fabrics, furniture, and wall treatments. In-depth profiles build on these essays, including Schafer’s own new “old” house in the Hudson Valley; the renovation of a historic home in Nashville designed by Charles Platt in 1915; and the restoration of a magnificent 1843 Greek Revival mansion in Charleston.Filled with hundreds of interior and detail shots, The Great American House is a useful resource for somebody who loves old houses and traditional design.

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