Building Beautiful

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.

“Renowned architect John Simpson’s work can be seen at Buckingham and Kensington palaces. In Building Beautiful, he showcases other homes he has designed—spaces like a 17th-century Venetian palazzo . . . which was brought back from ‘near-ruin,’ and an English cottage—that are just as exquisite. As Aslet notes, Simpson has built important public buildings like chapels, art galleries and schools, ‘but at the center of his life are his homes.’”—People“Designer John Simpson is best-known for his work with the British royal family on their most iconic residences (think: Kensington and Buckingham Palaces), buildings at Eton College, and structures at The University of Notre Dame in the U.S. Building Beautiful brings Simpson’s dreamiest, most dazzling projects all in one place and offers insight into the mind of one of the world’s leading practitioners in New Classicism. You’ll return to these pages again and again for inspiration and wanderlust fulfillment.” —Veranda.com