Friday LECTURE & Luncheon
JANUARY 9, 2026 • 10:30 am – 1:15 PM
A book signing period follows from 1:15 to 1:45 pm.
“Building a Home to Last:
Lessons from the Creative Process... and from Life”
with Gil Schafer
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Join us for an inspiring Lecture & Luncheon featuring award-winning architect Gil Schafer, a leader in contemporary classical architecture. This is a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the intersection between design, tradition, and modern living with one of the most sought-after architects in the country.
Gil Schafer
GIL SCHAFER
Award-winning architect Gil Schafer is one of the country’s leading practitioners of contemporary classical architecture and one of the most sought-after residential architects working today.
He is a member of Architectural Digest’s AD100, a winner of Veranda’s “Art of Design Award,” a recipient of the Arthur Ross Award for Architecture, and the subject of the recent PBS documentary, “Design in Mind: Unlocking the Mysteries of Place,” which was nominated for a regional Emmy. Gil holds a Master of Architecture from Yale and is the author of the bestselling books The Great American House and A Place to Call Home. His latest book, Home At Last, is newly out from Rizzoli. His work has also been widely published in the press and is included in over three dozen books on design.
He opened his eponymous firm G. P. Schafer Architect in 2002 and renamed the firm Schafer Buccellato Architects in the fall of 2023. Gil serves on the Yale School of Architecture Dean’s Council and the board of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and was president and then chairman of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, the nation’s leading resource for the classical tradition in architecture and the allied arts, for over a decade.
When he’s not traveling for work, he divides his time with his family between New York City, the Hudson Valley, and Maine.
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