On Friday, November 7, Tom Grbenick will review a trilogy of books authored by acclaimed residential architect Gil Schafer.

Schafer describes his unique design approach through stories and images in books titled The Great American House, A Place To Call Home, and Home At Last which offer insights into the architect’s approach to designing houses imbibed with a strong sense of place which meld landscape, contemporary living and classical tradition.

Subtitled Tradition For The Way We Live Now, Tradition Style And Memory In The New American House, and Enduring Design For The New American House, each book features houses that delight and inspire the reader with knowledge to keep in mind when creating one’s own home. Mr. Grbenick’s presentation will feature photo slides illustrating the author’s houses.

Grbenick is a landscape architect with an avocational interest in architectural design. He was the founder and longtime Director of the SEDA-COG Community Resource Center in Lewisburg where he and his staff of landscape architects, environmental and town planners, provided planning, design and development services for regional communities, downtowns and neighborhoods, parks and greenways throughout Central Pennsylvania.

Mr. Grbenick has degrees in landscape architecture from Penn State and Harvard universities and continues to work privately with clients on designs for homes and gardens.

The review begins at 12:15 PM in the Lowry Room of the Welch Family Wing of the James V. Brown Library with Q&A from 12:45 to 1 PM. Complimentary snacks and bottled water will be available. Attendees are also welcome to bring their own lunch. Reservations are required due to space considerations. Please call the library at (570) 326-0536 or use the library’s online reservation calendar (calendar.jvbrown.edu) before 3 PM on Wednesday, November 5. Parking is available in the public lot off Market Street, adjacent to the Welch Wing.