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“Equally adept at classical-style new designs and sensitive updates to historic properties”
– Pilar Viladas, 1stDibs
Palm Beach Style Gets an Elegantly Exuberant Spin in This Spanish Colonial Home Renovation
“The property’s flow was most dramatically reconfigured by raising the inner courtyard to the ground floor level, allowing a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor spaces.”
Architectural Digest
Middle East
December 2024
French Provincial Style Maisonette
“The key to this apartment’s attractive rustic style is artisan Robert van Nutt’s wonderful timberwork – pine doors and shelves, kitchen worktops of walnut, and additional quirky touches, such as a French-style post box.”
House & Garden UK
December 2024
1st Dibs
La Claridad
As Betsy Shiverick recalls, “We kept driving by it. The house was in terrible shape, but it’s such a noble, iconic treasure.” And she had no doubt that Fairfax & Sammons — equally adept at classical-style new designs and sensitive updates to historic properties — was the right choice to undertake the project.
“Their level of detail is the highest of any architects I’ve seen,” Shiverick says of the firm.
Spanish Colonial Revival Restoration
“The attempt was to design freely within the language and spirit of the original house,” elaborates project architect Kimberly Clemente, “so that the complete product would be authentic and true to character.”
Traditional Building
June 2020
Decorating Legend François Catroux Breathes New Life Into Crown Princess Marie-Chantal's Manhattan Townhome
“The house’s stonework, moldings, and paneling were all preserved, but out went the gilded leather wall coverings, heavy curtains, and red velvet sofas trimmed in passementerie, all dismantled meticulously and placed in storage for some future day.”
Architectural Digest
September 2019
Inside Liv Tyler's Dreamy West Village Townhouse
“It’s Tyler’s devotion to the little things, those most special character-defining details, that turned her property’s renovation into an absolute labor of love.”
Architectural Digest
August 2019
Designer Betsy Shiverick's Breezy Palm Beach Home Is Picture-Perfect
“The grand homes of Palm Beach, many built in the Gatsby era, seem as though they should be examples of the finest craftsmanship, constructed with venerable materials. But according to architect Richard Sammons, surprisingly, the opposite is true: ‘Many look good but are as flimsy as stage sets.’”
Veranda
February 2019
At Hotel Bennett, a Midcentury Library Becomes an Historically Minded Hotel
“Fairfax & Sammons did a design charrette ten years ago focused on bringing classical architecture back to Charleston, and that really resonated with me,” Bennett says of his selection.
Architectural Digest PRO
January 2019
A Classic Georgian Home with a Modernist Twist in Palm Beach
“’I wanted a modernist vein running through it to temper the traditionalism.’ So they enlisted the services of Fairfax & Sammons, a firm specializing in classical architecture with offices in both New York and Palm Beach.”
Architectural Digest
May 2017
Masterpiece Classic
“The exterior’s white-cedar shingles have weathered to a shimmering gray that recalls the small harbor and boatyard down the street, and it’s scaled to match up to older cottages nearby, built in the 1920s and 1930s.”
Ocean Home
February 2015
Size Effects
“As with their professional projects, Anne and Richard’s house is free of artificial materials; everything brought in will age and develop a natural patina.”
House & Garden UK
June 2014
Above the Fray
“The apartment’s layout contained cramped private rooms built around a central corridor, and there was little space for storage. A new floor plan by architectural firm Fairfax & Sammons widened some living areas and turned others into closets.”
Elle Decor
February 2009