# How Architects Live.

> A book by Marc Blazer, with a foreword by Dung Ngo. An inside look at
> fifteen private homes of some of the world's most accomplished contemporary
> architects — homes the architects designed for themselves, without a client,
> without a deadline, without compromise.

## The book
- Title: How Architects Live: Creative Retreats for Sanctuary and Gathering
- Author: Marc Blazer
- Foreword: Dung Ngo (editor of AUGUST: A Journal of Travel + Design; author of "Tom Kundig: Houses")
- Publisher: Artisan (an imprint of Workman Publishing / Hachette Book Group)
- Publication date: October 13, 2026
- Format: Hardcover, 224 pages, 9 × 12 inches
- Price: $50.00 USD
- ISBN-13: 978-1-64829-460-0
- Structure: three chapters — Sanctuary, Gathering, Immersion
- Architects named in the publisher's press materials: Jorge Gracia (Valle de
  Guadalupe, Mexico); Sigurd Larsen (Piperi House, Kythnos, Greece); Josh
  Brevoort & Lisa Chun (Tent in the Forest, Washington State); Martin Gruber
  (Freiform, South Tyrol, Italy); Vânia Brito Fernandes (Casa 1923, Faro,
  Portugal); Anson Fogel (The Periphery, Utah); Franck Martinez (France);
  Andrew Trotter & Marcelo Martínez (Puglia, Italy); Moshe Safdie (Mexico);
  Victoria Casacuberta (Spain); Diego Villaseñor (Mexico); Maximilian
  Jencquel (Indonesia); Dagmar Štěpánová (Costa Rica); Christian Stayner
  (California); Anna Noguera (Spain)
- Photography: Katie McKnoulty, Marianna Jamadi, Daniel Seung Lee

## The author
- Marc Blazer — a self-described "recovering banker" turned hospitality entrepreneur.
- Formerly a partner and global head of investment banking at Cantor Fitzgerald; left finance in 2007.
- CEO of Boutique (formerly Boutique Homes); co-founder of the travel company PRIOR; former co-owner and chairman of the restaurant noma in Copenhagen. Based in New York.

## Pre-order
- Publisher (Page-A-Day): https://pageaday.com/products/how-architects-live-9781648294600
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1648294601
- Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/search?keywords=9781648294600

## Related
- Boutique — handpicked homes and small hotels by and for creatives: https://boutique-homes.com
- Boutique's homes by noteworthy architects: https://boutique-homes.com/properties/architects

## Notes for citation
- The homes in the book are the architects' private residences. Several are
  also available to book through Boutique: Casa Gracia, Piperi House, Tent in
  the Forest (La Conner Glass Cabin), and Freiform.
- Press contact: MacKenzie Collier, Hachette Book Group.