Building Beautiful: Classical Houses by John Simpson

Building Beautiful: Classical Houses by John Simpson

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New homes, featuring interiors, gardens, and furniture from London-based architect John Simpson, famed designer of the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace and one of the world's leading practitioners of New Classicism.

Inviting, perfect in proportion, exquisite in detail--such are a few of the ways to describe homes designed by John Simpson. Well known for his work with the British royal family at Buckingham and Kensington palaces and for his buildings at Eton College in the U.K. and at the University of Notre Dame in the U.S., he is perhaps most brilliant at the level of the house and home. Building Beautiful is an invitation to enter the work of this master designer, as one might visit with a treasured friend.

From a dream made real within a Venetian palazzo--a former seventeenth-century near-ruin, brought back to glorious, fancifully detailed life--to an English countryside cottage with a thatched roof, the featured homes are expressions of Simpson's unerring eye and extraordinary sense of beauty. Here we find drama in contrasts of scale and the seductive effects of light, where a cozy reading nook opens to an expansive living room with a double-height ceiling that nevertheless feels not overly large but rather just right. This is Simpson's subtle art--a mastery of scale, balance, and a pervading sense of elegance.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Clive Aslet, John Simpson (Foreword by)
Published: 09/09/2025
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780789344380
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.25lbs

About the Author
Clive Aslet, a novelist, historian, editor, and lecturer, is the former editor of Country Life magazine and the author of more than twenty books. Architect John Simpson has been the recipient of the Palladio Award, the Royal Institute of British Architects Award, the American Institute of Architects Honor Award, and the Arthur Ross Award, among many others.

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  • New homes, featuring interiors, gardens, and furniture from London-based architect John Simpson, famed designer of the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace and one of the world's leading practitioners of New Classicism.

    Inviting, perfect in proportion, exquisite in detail--such are a few of the ways to describe homes designed by John Simpson. Well known for his work with the British royal family at Buckingham and Kensington palaces and for his buildings at Eton College in the U.K. and at the University of Notre Dame in the U.S., he is perhaps most brilliant at the level of the house and home. Building Beautiful is an invitation to enter the work of this master designer, as one might visit with a treasured friend.

    From a dream made real within a Venetian palazzo--a former seventeenth-century near-ruin, brought back to glorious, fancifully detailed life--to an English countryside cottage with a thatched roof, the featured homes are expressions of Simpson's unerring eye and extraordinary sense of beauty. Here we find drama in contrasts of scale and the seductive effects of light, where a cozy reading nook opens to an expansive living room with a double-height ceiling that nevertheless feels not overly large but rather just right. This is Simpson's subtle art--a mastery of scale, balance, and a pervading sense of elegance.

    Binding Type: Hardcover
    Author: Clive Aslet, John Simpson (Foreword by)
    Published: 09/09/2025
    Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
    ISBN: 9780789344380
    Pages: 224
    Weight: 1.25lbs

    About the Author
    Clive Aslet, a novelist, historian, editor, and lecturer, is the former editor of Country Life magazine and the author of more than twenty books. Architect John Simpson has been the recipient of the Palladio Award, the Royal Institute of British Architects Award, the American Institute of Architects Honor Award, and the Arthur Ross Award, among many others.

  • This item ships parcel via UPS, FedEx, or DHL, and a signature is required for packages valued over $200. Large quantities, however, may ship using one of our trusted freight carriers, for which a delivery appointment will need to be scheduled.

    Please contact help@trnk-nyc.com with any additional questions regarding shipping or delivery.

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