WOMAN
Falmouth architect Jill Neubauer, who has been producing great
architecture for 25 years, credits her upbringing for her creativity and the
support of a welcoming community and clients for her success.
WHEN SHE REFLECTS ON THE WORK SHE HAS PRODUCED
over the past twenty-five years, Falmouth-based architect Jill
Neubauer often uses words like “joy, fun, lovely, thoughtful.”
She does more than fulfill a client’s program of rooms and
spaces; she imagines them in those spaces, sharing family time,
helping children with homework, watching a sunset, going
about the business of life.
This approach arises from the original connections that
inspired her future career in the form of two very special places
where she vacationed with family: the farmland cottage of one
set of grandparents in northern Wisconsin and the lakeside
cabin of another.
“I was fortunate growing up in homes that were lived in
for a long time—generations,” she says. “I went every year
with people I loved, and every year was special. I learned the
importance of what a building, a place, can do for a family and
how architecture can help make these memories.”
When she closes her eyes, she can see every detail of the
farmland cottage. As for the Northwoods lakeside cabin, she
calls that “my core, my soul. The memory and beauty in that
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OPPOSITE: PHOTO BY DURSTON SAYLOR