Old Westbury Gardens

Clive Aslet is a visiting professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and the publisher of Triglyph Books. For many years he worked at the magazine Country Life, where he was editor from 1993 until 2006. Since publishing The American Country House with Yale University Press in 1990 he has written widely about American architecture. In 2025 he was awarded the Board of Directors Honor by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art as part of its Arthur Ross Awards.Clive has authored more than thirty books, including The Story of the Country House (Yale) and Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? (Triglyph Books).

"Old Westbury Gardens is one of Long Island's great treasures, where architecture, interiors, and landscape meet in perfect balance. A timeless source of inspiration." Tham Kannalikham, Interior Designer"This book beautifully captures Old Westbury Gardens, which ignited my love of gardening. Each visit, in every season, still teaches me something new." Bunny Williams, Interior Designer and Gardener"This exquisitely produced book captures the ineffable connection of architecture and landscape in one of the greatest American country houses of the early twentieth century." Peter Pennoyer, Architect and Author

• Introduction; Settling the Wheatley Hills; Days of Grace; George Crawley, Connoisseur; Watching Every Brick Laid; Beyond the Front Door; Growing with the Family; Garden Harmonies; Relaxing with the Phipps; Sharing Paradise; From Roots in History, a Future Blossoms