Place to Call Home : Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New American House. This item is unavailable.Place to Call Home : Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New American House

The second book from renowned architect Gil Schafer focuses again on creating new homes built in the classical tradition, but casts a wider geographic and stylistic net. Whether it's a love of old houses and their interiors or the desire to update an existing old house that draws them to A Place to Call Home, readers will be drawn to the beauty of Schafer's work.

In A Place to Call Home, Gil Schafer explores how classical values can blend with a sense of place to create beautifully realized homes in a range of styles.

The grandson and great, great grandson of architects, Gil Schafer is consistently recognized as one of the world's experts on contemporary classical architecture. A graduate of the Yale School of Architecture and a recipient of the H.I. Feldman Prize, Schafer started his own firm in 2002. From 1999 to 2006 Gil served as President and then Chairman of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America; he is currently on its Board of Directors. His work has been featured in many publications including Departures, Domino, the International Herald Tribune, Elle Décor, the New York Times, House & Garden, New Old House, Period Homes, and Town & Country. Sam White's Nice House (Monacelli) and Michael S Smith Houses. He was recently awarded one of the 2010 Veranda Art of Design Architecture Award for "industry trailblazers whose work is both innovative and timeless." He is the author of The Great American House.