We were honored to receive a 2018 Julia Morgan Award for Architecture from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s Northern California Chapter, along with our collaborators Chambers + Chambers Architects, for our Mill Valley project. The Award Ceremony was a festive evening held on May 21 in San Francisco. [Photos by Eric Piasecki]
The New York School of Interior Design, one of the top interior design programs in the United States, awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts to Gil at their 2018 commencement ceremony, held on May 24 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performance Arts.
[Libby Cameron, NYSID trustee, introduced Gil, and NYSID President, David Sprouls, awarded the hood and diploma. Photo by Jason Gardner.]
We are thrilled to have our Mill Valley project featured in Nathan Turner’s charming new book I Love California, which is a must-read for design and food lovers. To learn more about the book, click here > or order your copy here >
After a busy start to the year with events from Palm Beach to Nashville, Charleston to Los Angeles, Gil’s book tour for A Place to Call Home continues into the summer and fall with stops in Nantucket, Maine and Grosse Point, Michigan. Please visit the full tour schedule for more information here > Gil spoke at Flower magazine’s “Houston Design Center in Bloom” event on April 10.
[Pictured here from left to right, all of the event’s speakers: Remco van Vliet, India Hicks, Charlotte Moss, Gil Schafer, and Flower magazine editor in chief Margot Shaw.]
The launch of our new website showcases a number of new, recently completed and in-progress projects, including a personal home tour and inside look at the design of Gil’s own Maine house, shot with Gil on location by Eric Piasecki.
At the Horticultural Society of New York’s annual Flower Show Dinner Dance, held this year on April 24 at The Pierre, Gil was honored with The Award of Excellence and praised for the way his work achieves a balance of looking outward into the landscape and bringing nature indoors. The evening is a beautiful celebration of floral arts and benefits supports important horticultural programs around the city.
Winner of a 2018 Shutze Award
On March 3, a few of our team members traveled to Atlanta, where we were honored to receive the Southeast Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s Shutze Award for a new plantation residence we designed set on a 6,000 acres of woodland property, inspired by Georgia’s historic 1920s and 1930s hunting plantations. [Photos by Eric Piasecki]
GPSA was thrilled to win a 2018 Bulfinch Award in the Interior Design category for the interiors of Gil’s house renovation in Brooklin, Maine. Bestowed by the New England Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, this year’s Bulfinch Awards ceremony gala was held on April 27 at the Harvard Club of Boston.
[ Left: photo by Simon Upton | Right: photo by Eric Piasecki]
[Gil Schafer accepting the Bulfinch Award on April 28, 2018]
Winner of a 2018 Palladio Award
The new corporate offices of a venture capital firm in the Hudson Valley that we designed in collaboration with Voith & MacTavish Architects, received a 2018 Palladio Award for New Design and Construction an honor that recognizes outstanding traditional design. To take a visual tour and learn more about the property, which was also the winner of a Stanford White Award, click here >
[Photos by Jeffrey Totaro]
Many thanks to some of our favorite publications for featuring GPSA’s work in recent issues, including the March/April 2018 issue of Veranda, the April issue of Town & Country, and the March issue of Country Living. To see these and other stories, please visit our Press section >
GPSA is pleased to welcome four talented new team members to the firm. Parker Hansen, Matt Hayes, Rachel Staud are working as draftspersons, and Matthew Leonard joined the team in the role of accounting and administrative coordinator. It’s also been a pleasure to have a wonderful group of summer interns this year, including Cecilia McCammon, MaryGrace Lewis and Nicholas Meury, who joined us for his 2nd consecutive summer.
[Left: L to R: Parker Hansen, Matt Hayes, Rachel Staud, Matthew Leonard | Right: L to R: Cecilia McCammon, Nicholas Meury, MaryGrace Lewis]