Design in Mind | Unlocking the Mysteries of Place with Gil Shafer

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Published 2023-12-01
Award-winning architect Gil Schafer, a leading practitioner of contemporary classical design, examines how he draws upon the power of memory to create extraordinary homes. At the height of his craft, Gil leads viewers through three spaces that exemplify his work: his firm’s renovated design studio in Manhattan, a Hudson Valley home inspired by English estates, and a summer house on the shores of Lake Champlain. Influenced by the elegance and charm of classical American architecture, and also adept at accommodating a modern lifestyle in his designs, he reflects on his design process and the particular qualities that define an unforgettable place.
All Comments (15)
  • @TanukiDigital
    Modern building and architecture "design" is nothing less than anti-human in both it's goals and it's product. It's inspiring to know there are professional architects still dedicated to historic heritage and the classical architectural system, despite the generations-long organized malevolence that has endeavored to tear down those systems. Thank You.
  • @kylaodonnell5016
    Love Gils work! He’s such a clever guy. He’s designs of new houses to look old is incredible
  • @GrumpyL5
    I love his commitment to design for the memory, for the child's delight. That made me shed a tear, because it is such a human truth.
  • @Loupadron2010
    Thank you for sharing this with all of us Youtubers that like this sort of stuff (architecture, interior design, horticulturist). All the best.
  • @pn4960
    Im so glad architects like this gentleman still exist today
  • @janetcorey5102
    What sensitive and talented architect. He designs beautiful homes and takes so many desires of his clients into consideration. Gil is a fabulous designer and builder of timeless pieces buildings🥂
  • @G.V.A.K
    Incredibly talented chap with a civilised, cultured aesthetic sensibility. So much of post modernist architecture is almost deliberately ugly, unfriendly and completely disconnected from a sense of human scale and proportion. Gil definitely raises the bar. It was a delight to watch this video, so thank you Gil and the video producer.
  • @EleyReiHer
    I love these designs. It look so ethereal and the landscape of where it sit is really gold
  • @user-bc2gt9lf6f
    Hi Gil. I live in New Zealand and I have both your books and have ordered the third. Love your work
  • @miketackabery7521
    Lovely video. Thank you for this serene and cultured experience. I'd like to see so much more on traditional architecture for every use, and not just high-end houses. Thank you again!
  • @jonathangilmore3193
    As Christopher Alexander and Sir Roger Scruton have so well argued, the design of buildings, parks, of any in-public structure is never for a single client! It is for the long-term, whether consciously or not, and therefore one needs to ask designers to grow in their capacity to see responsibility as to more than one client at one time in the life of any structure!
  • @wilclark3026
    Anybody wanna tell me how much they think the house cost to build?