Join the ICAA for a virtual screening of Unlocking the Mysteries of Place with Gil Schafer, currently airing on television but made available specifically for ICAA Members in this special event.
The new documentary chronicles the work of the award-winning architect, offering an insider’s look at unique projects.
Award-winning architect Gil Schafer is one of the nation’s leading practitioners of contemporary classical architecture. A fixture on Architectural Digest’s AD100 and a winner of Veranda’s “Art of Design Award,” Schafer and his firm’s work have been widely recognized around the country with design awards and featured in numerous national and international publications, including Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Veranda, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, British House & Garden, and The Financial Times.
In Unlocking the Mysteries of Place, Gil Schafer describes the ways he draws upon the power of memory to create extraordinary homes. In this portrayal of a master at the height of his craft, he leads viewers from his firm’s renovated design studio in Manhattan, to a Hudson Valley home inspired by English estates, and to a summer house on the shores of Lake Champlain. Influenced by the elegance and charm of classical and vernacular American architecture, and considerate of the needs of contemporary living, Gil reflects on his design process and the particular qualities that define an unforgettable place.
Design in Mind is an original documentary series by the educational nonprofit The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) that profiles the careers of architects, artists, and designers. Unlocking the Mysteries of Place with Gil Schafer is the fourth installment in the series, following Bunny Williams - Not a House but a Home (2021), On Location with James Ivory (2019), and Robert A.M. Stern: Always a Student (2018). Design in Mind is distributed on public television stations nationwide by American Public Television (APT).
This film was made possible by The Estate of Christopher H. Browne & The Orville Gordon Brown Foundation as well as:Charles Bolton, Jamb Ltd., Vella Interiors, Inc., Albert Putnam Associates Engineers LLP, Little Harbor Window Co. Inc., Munder Skiles, Redd Kaihoi LLC, and Tirschwell & Co. Inc.