This monograph includes twenty-four select projects from the firm's large catalog of commissions. Glorious, new color photography demonstrates the firm's consistently adeptaesthetic choices in 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.

American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax and Sammons showcases some of themost refined and elegant new Classical residences of the last decade in America.Since establishing their office in New York's historic Greenwich Village over a decadeago, Fairfax & Sammons have won acclaim for their body of work that focuses on time-honored Classical traditions. 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 appropriatelyand sensitively adapt these tastes to today's modern lifestyles.

This monograph includes twenty-four select projects from the firm's large catalog of commissions. Glorious, new color photography demonstrates the firm's consistently adeptaesthetic choices in 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.With architectural historian Mary Miers as a knowledgeable guide, the volume exploresa distinctly modern approach to the finest architectural styles of the past.

INTRODUCTION BY ADELE CHATFIELD-TAYLOR 6

A FEDERAL-STYLE COUNTRY HOUSE 8

Farmlands

Cooperstown, New York, 2002

A CONNECTICUT VILLA 24

Lillifields

Southport, Connecticut, 1999

AN OLD ENGLISH REVIVAL COUNTRY HOUSE 36

Ethandune

Bedford, New York, 1995

A SHINGLE-STYLE COUNTRY HOUSE 44

A GEORGIAN-STYLE ARTS CRAFTS HOUSE 60

Three Oaks

Greenwich,Connecticut,1997

AN ENGLISH ARTS AND CRAFTS-STYLE CONTRY HOUSE 72

Lake Oaks

Greenwich,Connecticut,1997

A GEORGIAN-STYLE VILLA 88

Litchfield

Washington, Connecticut, 1997

A WRITER'S RESIDENCE ABOVE THE HUDSON 102

Sneden's Landing

The Palisades, New York, 2004

GREENWICH VILLAGE TOWNHOUSES 110

A CITY APARTMENT 128

Park Avenue

New York, New York, 1996

A LIBRARY ON CENTRAL PARK 136

The Gainsborough Studios

New York, New York, 1996

AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MANHATTAN STUDIO FOR A COMPOSER 144

New York, New York, 2000

AN ARTIST'S STUDIO RESIDENCE i 50

Water Street Atelier on East 69th Street

New York, New York, 2003

A FORMER STABLE AND STUDIO 158

183 and 185 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village

New York, New York, 2003

AN UPPER WEST SIDE APARTMENT 166

The Prasada on Central Park West

New York, New York, 2005

A FRENCH PROVINCIAL-STYLE MAISONETTE 174

West Village

New York, New York, 2006

A LONG ISLAND BEACH HOUSE 180

Isle of Wight

Lawrence, New York, 2005

A VERNACULAR COUNTRY RETREAT 188

Phantom Fox Farm

Middleburg, Virginia, 2003

A BRITISH COLONIAL-STYLE RESIDENCE 200

Gulfstream, Florida, 1996

A PALM BEACH ESTATE 214

South Ocean Boulevard

Palm Beach, Florida, 2000

AN ANGLO-CARIBBEAN-STYLE VILLA 232

Loxleigh

Jupiter, Florida, 2005

MARION SQUARE URBAN DESIGN PROJECT 242

Charleston, South Carolina, 2003

THE CRESCENT 248

Poundbury

Dorset, England, 2002

Project List 252

Photo Credits 254