Simon Jacobsen and Jacobsen Architecture has been inducted into Forbes Magazine’s “Forbes 200-America’s Top Residential Architects.”
From the Editor
Founded by the celebrated architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen in 1960, Jacobsen Architecture is the successor firm led by the son, Simon Jacobsen, and headquartered in the heart of Virginia's horse country, but its influence extends far and wide. There aren't many firms on this list that count the U.S. Capitol or a Parisian hotel or the Smithsonian among its notable works, mixed in with the needs of discerning residential clients or the vanguard of American universities. Can there be a unified philosophy for this sort of firm, working at so many different scales and for different ends? Jacobsen's team thinks so—and it has to do with architecture being the measure of its parts. The Bray House, Jacobsen's Featured Project, is a notable example of pavilion-like forms assembled in an unforgettable conversation between an old and new.
Simon Jacobsen will be speaking at The National Building Museum’s “The Big Draw” lecture series.
Time: 2:00pm
Main auditorium.
FREE Admission.
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
info@nbm.org
202.272.2448
Jacobsen will be speaking and signing his new book at The Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. Reception to follow.
Time: 12:30 PM. For more information, contact the museum at https://icavcu.org/.
Jacobsen to be on Awards Jury.
Simon Jacobsen will be a judge in the Architecture Category for the annual Home & Design Awards. The winners of both Grand and Merit awards will be showcased in the 2024 Idea Book, which stays on newsstands for a full year, and announced at a festive celebration in Fall 2023. Deadline for entries is June 1, 2023.
Lecture and book signing with Simon Jacobsen
Join Simon Jacobsen, founding partner of Jacobsen Architecture, LLC, for a look at the last years and legacy of his father Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA (1929–2021), their collaboration over the past 20 years, and his eventual succession as Principal and owner of the firm.
Jacobsen’s new 224-page book, American Modern Home, will be on hand for purchasing before the talk and signing afterward. The book, an expression of eloquent design featuring interiors, exteriors, and gardens, examines twelve of the firm’s recent houses around the United States.
“Hugh Newell Jacobsen and The Reluctant Path Forward.”
District Architecture Center
421 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
6:00PM-8:00PM
Price: $25 for Non-Members
$15 for Members
$10 for Students
Registration required-CLICK HERE
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Join the firm in celebrating the new book and have any number of fine varieties of Boxwood’s inventory of award winning estate grown wines. Simon Jacobsen has just completed “American Modern Home” published by Rizzoli and will be selling signed copies of the new book.
Sunday Nov. 20th
Boxwood Winery
Middleburg, Virginia.
12:00pm-2:30pm
RSVP
Book signing and talk.
Peter Miller Books
Post Alley, 304 Alaskan Way South, Seattle.
Time: TBA
Join Simon Jacobsen in Seattle at Peter Miller Books for the debut of his new book “American Modern Home.” Mr. Jacobsen will be signing books and giving a brief talk about the collaborative work with his father, the late Hugh Newell Jacobsen. For further information call Peter Miller Books at (206) 441-4114 or write Books@jacobsenarchitecture.com.
Simon Jacobsen’s “American Modern Home” ranks #1 on Amazon.com in the Residential Architecture category.
Simon Jacobsen’s new book on the firm’s recent work “American Modern Home” lands in stores October 25th.
Readers who wish to purchase a personalized or signed copy may now do so through the Jacobsen Architecture website by clicking here…
One hour West of Washington, D.C. in the enclave of Delaplane, Virginia, lay the final resting place of Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architect. The mirrored pavilion was designed and constructed using many of Hugh Jacobsen’s unique details and methods. Clad in single pieces of Low-E Starphire mirrors, it is traditionally framed, like many of his houses, in 2x4 and 2x6 framing and plywood sheathing. Inside, Hugh’s ashes sit contained on a stainless steel and bluestone plinth.
The proportions of the little pavilion are those of significance to the Great Man himself: It is 6’-0” wide (His height), it is 3’-11” deep (his birthday) and it faces Michigan and Washington at each gable.
The mirrored mausoleum resides on the estate of his son and business partner.
At long last Hugh Jacobsen’s memorial is being planned. The venue will be at The National Building Museum in Washington. With the recurring nemesis of COVID, plans were made and then hastily cancelled.
Date: TBA
Where: National Building Museum
May 12, 6:00PM
Taste for Design, Spyhouse, Secret Ingredients
Gaggenau dinner and discussion
Métier Restaurant
1015 7th St NW, Washington, DC
Simon Jacobsen will be on the panel discussion sponsored by Gaggenau, Home & Design and Michelin and will be discussing his recent project Spy House, the clever use of Gaggenau appliances and his upcoming book. The event will be at the Michelin starred Métier Restaurant and Chef Eric Ziebold and Joan Dempsey will also be present.
12 recent houses by the internationally acclaimed architecture and interior design firm Jacobsen Architecture. Guided by Hugh Newell Jacobsen and his son, Simon, the firm distills vernacular building types into designs that feel grounded in history yet are fervently forward-thinking.
Fall 21/Spring 21
$75
11 x 11
224 pages
Hardcover with jacket
225 photographs
Gaggenau Appliances
…to spotlight the Spy House kitchen in new ad campaign. Demonstrations, interviews with owners and architects.
Simon Jacobsen was interviewed by Thom Filicia (Style Network and HGTV’s “Queer Eye for The Straight Guy” and Bravo’s “Get A Room with Carson & Thom”) on his Instagram show “House Calls with Thom Filicia” Much was discussed from process of designing and his current projects. Click on the image to start.
Simon Jacobsen was interviewed by Thom Filicia (Style Network and HGTV’s “Queer Eye for The Straight Guy” and Bravo’s “Get A Room with Carson & Thom”) on his Instagram show “House Calls with Thom Filicia” Much was discussed from process of designing and his current projects. You can view the show here: House Calls.
“Jacobsen Architecture Named Best Beach House Architect in Washington, DC” by Home Builders Digest.
Award
“Architecture Award” for Bray House by The American Institute of Architects-Washington Chapter.
Award
Jacobsen Architecture wins Best of Houzz Design 2020.
SPEAKING EVENT:
Simon Jacobsen will be discussing the firm’s latest work and pending book at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland.
Mr. Jacobsen will be showing stunning new images of the firm’s latest works and discussing their pending book “13 Houses” to be published by Rizzoli.
Date: November 16, 2019.
Time: 4PM
Tickets: $24 members, $29 for non-members.
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Simon Jacobsen will be a juror for the AIA Chicago’s Design Excellence Awards program July 25th, 2019.
Part II of Andrea Koppel’s interview with Simon Jacobsen about how to break into the business of architecture.
Jacobsen Architecture, LLC wishes to welcome Anna Karewicz, RA LEED AP to the firm as Project Architect.
Hugh and Simon Jacobsen are delighted to be held in such high regard by Architectural Digest in their 2019 listing of The “AD100”. Jacobsen Architecture is one of the longest running recipients of this prestigious award.
Andrea Koppel spoke to Simon Jacobsen on her podcast Time4coffee. The podcast is aimed at younger people who are seeking tips and guidance on launching a career and the two discussed the life in architecture and what Jacobsen does day to day running an international practice. Other topics include Hugh Newell Jacobsen, design and challenges in a high octane creative environment. The enlightening and entertaining interview can be found below…
SPEAKING EVENT:
Simon Jacobsen will be speaking
in St. Michaels, Maryland.
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DATE AND TIME
Sat, January 19, 2019
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM .
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St. Michaels Inn
1228 South Talbot Street
Saint Michaels, MD.
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1.5 AIA L.U. credits will be issued for architects.
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The Talbot Spy: A Project Fund of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation .
Tickets can be purchased below…
JACOBSEN ARCHITECTURE WINS 2018 American Institute of Architects-Washington Chapter Merit Award in Interior Architecture for “Spy House.”
James Garner's house by Hugh Jacobsen is for sale...Click here.
January 25, 2018
Simon Jacobsen will be speaking to students and faculty at The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
Time 12:15pm
Jacobsen Book IV in development...
The firm is wrapping up and shooting the remaining projects that will be the fourth book on the firm's latest work entitled "Jacobsen Architecture, 2007-2018".
The monograph will consist of 15 projects from Florida, Maine, Martha's Vineyard, Washington, Virginia, New York, Colorado, Nantucket, Vermont and Pennsylvania.
A quote from Hugh Jacobsen in the Times Record:
"Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen once wrote, “Picasso said that no one has to explain a daffodil. Good design is understandable in everybody. You never have to ask why.”
Appointments: Greg Thomas, AIA Senior Project Architect
and
Lindsay Clark, Interior Design Coordinator.
The Washington Post writes a nice story about Hugh Newell Jacobsen returning to the first house he ever designed.
3-16-17
Simon Jacobsen will be speaking at the Architectural Digest Design Show.
Pier 94, 55th Street and 12th Avenue, New York City.Time and specific location : TBA
Architectural Digest publishes a small country cottage by Simon Jacobsen.
From Architectural Digest August 5, 2016
“Minimalism in architecture is a movement. Maximalism is a lifestyle of living in an unimprovable space that can’t be altered structurally so one must overwhelm the senses with objects, pillows, and color. True minimalism uses the refinement of materials and the poetry of intersecting planes with the relationship of objects and their proximity to each other. Maximalism is hedonistic and bohemian in its message. If you can’t hide it, paint it red.” —Simon Townsend Jacobsen of Jacobsen Architecture
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/designers-debate-maximalist-minimalist-homes
The Hugh Newell Jacobsen Dream House 2.0 is ready and taking orders.
Contact The Herring Bay Holding Company to place your order.
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Out in April 2016:
Jacobsen Architecture will be featured in H&D's book "100 Top Designers".
The Wall Street Journal writes about a Simon Jacobsen project in Maine that renovates and encapsulates one of America's oldest houses.
"Rediscovering the Campus-Style Family Home
"For Bray House, managing design partner Simon Jacobsen envisioned a series of minimalist white pavilions that he felt would fit into the architecture of New England. Set back slightly behind the original house, he said, the single-level structures would also ensure that Bray House, believed to have been built in 1662, would remain “the belle of the ball..."
JA wins Best of Houzz" award for 2016.
32 Million subscribers voted us as their favorite design firm.
Architectural Digest's 2016 AD100 selection of The Jacobsens can be seen here...
Dream House 2.0
Jacobsen Architecture, LLC is the owner of the LIFE Magazine Dream House! Updated plans, details and specifications go on-sale through a third party in Fall 2015. Dream House v. 2.0 will have much greater flexibility in terms of materials, features and massing. A whole slew of additional configurations will be available that were not in the original 1998 version.
Sitting in the hills just North of the town of Napa is a very small "house of one" for our client, Jeff Atlas.
See July's issue of Architectural Digest for the whole story and photos of the little gen surrounded by a vineyard.
Lecture and Tour
May 2, 2015
11:00 am
Boxwood Winery
Halfway Road, Middleburg, Virginia.
Admission: Free, reservations required.
Simon Jacobsen will be speaking at the winery and giving a tour of the firm's award winning design and industry changing approach to winery design.
Jacobsen Architecture, Georgetown-based Washington architecture firm known for the addition of the U.S. Capitol, historic renovations of The American Embassy in P aris, Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, Renwick Gallery and Spaso House in St. Petersburg, Russia, has been selected to restore and renovate Bray House in Maine.
The two-story wood clapboard dwelling, which is arguably one of America’s oldest buildings still standing, was built in 1640 in Kittery by John Bray, whose name still adorns it today.
The house was recently owned by singer Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates fame), who made some minor adjustments to the building, but the current owners have planned a sensitive restoration and respectful addition to the old structure.
Much like the addition to the Capitol by the firm, the older Bray house will not come in contact with the newer additions except for a glass incision at the links.
The new owners of Bray House are no newcomers to the state. They founded the specialty food company Stonewall Kitchen and since their jamming business started more than 20 years ago, they have become one of Maine's greatest success stories.
The project is scheduled to break ground in six months under the design and direction of Simon Jacobsen.
Architectural Digest will soon be publishing Jacobsen Architecture's 'Atlas Residence' in Napa California.
Jacobsen Architecture brings home 3 (as in three) new awards from The American Institute of Architects: Harbor Hill (Nantucket, MA), The O/K Calvert Apartment (Washington, DC), and the Kahlbetzer Residence (Windsor, FL)
The firm wishes to welcome Alexandra Theofanidis as Executive Assistant to Simon Jacobsen and Interior Design Coordinator.
Jon Altheimer, General Counsel and Business Manager has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Jacobsen Architecture, LLC.
Simon Jacobsen will be speaking July 25th, 2014 at 'The New Nantucket Exhibition. This event will showcase modern architecture in the island of Nantucket with the purpose of showing how innovative practices can respect the strict historic restrictions.
Cocktail Reception: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Location: 21 Broad Hotel, 21 Broad Street, Nantucket Massachusetts
Presentation: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Audrey Sterk Design & Graficas, 18 Broad Street, Nantucket Massachusetts
Check out the June 2014 issue of Architectural Digest, featuring a a new 23,000 square floor cottage on the shores of beautiful Nantucket, Massachusetts: 'An Ingenious Vacation Compound on the Island of Nantucket'.
Jacobsen Architecture was featured in an article on DC by Design.
Jacobsen Architecture has been awarded the 2014 Merit Award for Residential Architecture with Washingtonian Magazine and American Institute of Architects-DC Chapter for the O/K Calvert Apartment in Washington, DC.
Simon Jacobsen will be attending the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in NYC, Monday March 17th - Wednesday March 19th. Stop by booth #1054 to hear Simon discuss and introduce the collection.
Liz O'Brien New York is the latest vendor to showcase Jacobsen Architecture's furniture.
Location: 306 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065 Telephone: (212) 755-3800
It is with profound sadness that we repot the passing of our great friend and colleague Jim Weaver. Jim was a funny, ernest and loyal friend to many, but especially architects and builders in Washington, DC. He owned and operated the hardware specialty store W.T. Weaver & Sons in Georgetown, which was the 'go-to' store for hardware, plumbing and household items for over 100 years.
Jim Weaver and Hugh Newell Jacobsen forged a special and enduring friendship starting in the 1960's as Jim was able to craft, mix, and fabricate special order hardware for Jacobsen's custom doors and windows. Jim was Jacobsen's 'go-to' man for these special and together they won many awards and were published in al of the design glossies. When in a pinch, Hugh would be known to say "Where is Jim Weaver?!" The business continues to thrive today in the same location under the management of hi two sons, Michael and Brice.
There is an extra star in the night's sky tonight.
Jim Weaver Hardware Specialist
Simon Jacobsen will be speaking this evening at the Huntsville Museum of Art in The Great Hall. Following the talk with be a reception and book signing. Thursday, March 21st at 7 PM.
Tickets are $25 for members and $35 for non-members.
Please call: (256) 535-4350, extension 208 for information or register online at www.hsvmuseum.org
Tonight Simon Jacobsen will discuss and show images of new national work in the showroom at ARCHER that is adorned with Jacobsen designed furniture.
Place: ARCHER Modern, Georgetown Time: 6:00 PM Date:
1/ 24 / 13
In the article 'Designing Common Ground' Nancy Keates of the WSJ reviews the Klinkowstein Residence in Stowe, Vermont.
'The Jacobsen Furniture Collection' is reviewed by The Washington Post's Jura Konciu. Pieces from Jacobsen Furniture Collection available at Archer Modern in Georgetown, Washington, DC.
Opening reception and launch
Where: Archer Modern
1027 33rd Street Northwest Washington, DC 20007
Date: 10/18/2012
Time 6:00PM-9:00PM
Jacobsen Architecture has exclusively licensed to ARCHER Modern a line of furniture from the extended collection of Jacobsen projects from the last 10 ten years. ARCHER Modern will be selling the unique and once proprietary works from their studio in Georgetown. For more information, visit ARCHER's website or call: (202) 640-2823.
