New lakeside Palm Beach house recognized with Schuler Award for architectural excellence

Architect Richard Sammons of Fairfax, Sammons & Partners joined homeowners Marcel van Poecke and Irina Liner to accept Preservation Foundation's Schuler Award for house at 726 Hi Mount Road.

Palm Beach Daily News

A lakefront house designed for indoor-outdoor living on one of the highest sites in Palm Beach has been honored by the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach for excellence in new architecture.

Richard Sammons accepted the Elizabeth L. and John H. Schuler Award Friday on behalf of his firm for the design of the house at 726 Hi Mount Road on the North End. Sammons is a principal of Fairfax, Sammons & Partners in Palm Beach, which also has an affiliated office in New York City. Architect Anne Fairfax looked on as her husband, the lead architect for the house, accepted the award.