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JACOBSEN ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS
SIMON JACOBSEN, INTRODUCTION BY PAUL GOLDBERGER
Readers will respond to the warm and sophisticated work of Hugh and Simon Jacobsen, whose style of architecture and interiors might best be described as American modern vernacular—the place where traditional comfort and modern design meet.
Hugh Newell Jacobson, the legendary architect and late cofounder with his son, Simon, of Jacobsen Architecture, once said “the best house is polite to her neighbors and never shouts.” This statement is a key to the philosophy of the rm, whose houses are suused with a kind of quiet sophistication that mingle elegant, subtle modernism, with respect for local vernacular traditions. Low-key on the outside, on the inside these houses oer dancing symphonies in white. Unmarked by moldings, walls and ceilings express simple volumetric forms composed of solid planes and voids, while, upon oors of burnished wood or travertine, furniture, much of it designed by the rm, allows for serene repose and practical, unfussy use.
Featured here are exemplars of the rm, from Harbor Hill—a cluster of 12 small structures, appearing at rst as a group of smallish shingled Nantucket cottages, that reveals itself as a single serene residence overlooking Nantucket Harbor—to Windsor, a Florida Colonial abstraction in Vero Beach. Featuring inviting interiors, exteriors, and gardens, the book is an expression of eloquent design.
Simon Jacobsen is a founding partner of Jacobsen Architecture. The recipient of many prestigious awards in architecture and design, he is an inductee of Architectural Digest’s AD100. Paul Goldberger is contributing editor at Vanity Fair, former architecture critic for The New Yorker, and holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1984 for his work with the New York Times.
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224 pages, 11 x 11" 200-225 illustrations Hardcover • 9780847872053 $75.00 USD, $100.00 CAD, £55.00 GBP September 20, 2022 Rights: World
