If you are familiar with Architect Gil Schafer’s body of work, you know it’s classic, warm and enduring. His firm, G.P. Schafer Architect’s new office is not the expected kind, and that is a good thing. Often when we hear of touring an Architect’s office, the first impression that comes to mind is that of an ultra modern, all glass and concrete office. Well not always, in this case the office belongs to the beloved classical architect who doesn’t only design building structures, but also decorates houses.
Gil Schafer, head of G.P. Schafer Architect is known for building homes that appear to have been around for longer. His work is very well known among designers due to his many beautiful work published in many interior design magazines as well as in his own design books.
The firm, composed of 30 Architects and Designers, moved to this new location in Union Square West, Manhattan a year ago, after remodeling it completely. Hard to imagine that this office is only one years old, there was nothing but bare walls before construction began.
The library, which Schafer calls the “spine of the office” runs along the center of the office.
The cozy and elegant reception area which separates the two conference rooms.
Schafer’s personal office. So homey and beautiful.
Gil Schafer in his office. Photos by AD.
