American Modern Home. Jacobsen Architecture + Interiors

Hugh Newell Jacobsen, the late legendary architect and cofounder, with his son, Simon, oflaeobsen Architecture, once said, "The best house is polite to her neighbors and never shouts." This statement is a key to the philosophy of the firm, whose houses are suffused with a kind of quiet sophistication that mingles elegant, subtle modernism with respect for local vernacular traditions. Low-key on thë outside, these houses offer dancing symphonies in white on the inside.
Unmarked by moldings, walls and ceilings express simple volumetric forms composed of solid planes and voids. Upon floors of burnished wood or travertine, furniture, much of it designed by the firm, allows for serene repose and practical, unfussy use. Featured here are exemplars of the firm, from Harbor Hill-a cluster of twelve structures, appearing at first 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.
Showcasing inviting interiors, exteriors, and gardens, the book is an expression of eloquent design.