Architecture & Planning - , New York, United States
Founded in 2002 by Gil Schafer III, G. P. Schafer Architect is known as one of the nation's leading firms in contemporary classical architecture. Winners of numerous awards and consistently named on Architectural Digest's AD100 list of the world's top architects and designers, the 35+ person firm is based in Manhattan with offices overlooking Union Square.The practice is built on the belief that the virtues of old houses—their sense of history, their time-worn comfort, the way they sit on the land with an air of inevitability, their elegant proportions and details—can be achieved in a new house today. Whether focusing on new construction or historic house renovations and restorations, G. P. Schafer Architect takes the best of traditional architecture and translates it for the kind of connected, welcoming spaces that suit modern life.Firm founder Gil Schafer, a recipient of the Arthur Ross Award for Architecture and winner of Veranda's "Art of Design Award," holds a Masters of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture and is the author of the bestselling books The Great American House and A Place to Call Home. He is a member of the Yale School of Architecture Dean's Council, a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, and served as president and then chairman of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art for over a decade. The firm's work has been featured in numerous national and international publications, including Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Veranda, Town & Country, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and UK House & Garden. Follow them on Instagram @gpschafer.
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