American Houses ─ The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons

Drawing from a wellspring of Classical traditions, Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons are two of the most eminent architects practicing today. Since establishing their office in New York's historic Greenwich Village over a decade ago, they have developed a body of work that focuses on architectural beauty and reflects a variety of time-honored influences. Whether their designs are inspired by Palladian, Tuscan, Mediterranean, Georgian, Adam style, Neoclassical, British or Dutch Colonial, Colonial Revival, or even East Coast Shingle styles. Fairfax & Sammons appropriately and sensitively adapts these tastes to today's modern lifestyles.
With an insightful text by architectural historian Mary Miers and an introduction by repeat client of Fairfax & Sammons, Adele Chatfield Taylor, American Houses features twenty-four of the best examples of Fairfax & Sammons's work: twelve country houses located in Connecticut. New York, Virginia, and Florida, and the renovation of six town houses and six apartments in New York City.

Mary Miers is Architectural Writer for the London-based journal Country Life. She lives in London and Scotland. Adele Chatfield-Taylor is president of the American Academy in Rome. She lives in New York City.