Photos: Eric Piasecki. Contemporary but classic; sophisticated but simple. Architect Gil Schafer on the 21st-century American aesthetic. In conversation with Gil Schafer III, it’s immediately evident that he has a deep, intuitive sense of what makes a home work, how it frames and adapts to people’s lives, reflects its place in time, and how it can become integral to its surroundings. He has been designing houses for 30 years, more than 20 of those as principal of his own firm, which focuses exclusively on residential design. Each home the firm has built conveys a pervasive sense of comfort and an authentic but relaxed relationship with historical precedent. Whether a house in San Francisco or an apartment in Manhattan, each project reflects a uniquely American version of a familiar historical style. This story is from Kinfolk Issue Forty-Eight Buy Now Related Stories Interiors Issue 50 Cult Rooms A modernist with the Midas touch. Design Interiors Issue 49 Mimi Shodeinde An audience with the architect. Design Interiors Issue 43 Vincent Van Duysen At home with the cult architect. Interiors Issue 41 A Home in Arles François Halard built his reputation on photographing other people’s homes. Now, he’s turned the lens on his own interior. Interiors Issue 36 Home Tour: Adolf Loos The Austrian architect laid the foundations for unornamented modernism. Interiors Issue 32 At Work With: Bijoy Jain The philosophically-inclined architect speaks to Anindita Ghose about exporting his vernacular style.
Interiors Issue 41 A Home in Arles François Halard built his reputation on photographing other people’s homes. Now, he’s turned the lens on his own interior.
Interiors Issue 36 Home Tour: Adolf Loos The Austrian architect laid the foundations for unornamented modernism.
Interiors Issue 32 At Work With: Bijoy Jain The philosophically-inclined architect speaks to Anindita Ghose about exporting his vernacular style.
