About McAlpine: Romantic Modernism

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About McAlpine: Romantic Modernism

McAlpine: Romantic Modernism showcases the celebrated work of the architectural firm McAlpine, where every project reflects a unique blend of beauty, poetry, and heartfelt design. Renowned for translating romanticism into modern homes, the firm draws from diverse architectural influences – from Elizabethan and Dutch to colonial Caribbean and agrarian American – creating spaces that are at once familiar, bold, and deeply evocative.

The book opens with Bobby McAlpine’s own newly designed residence, a masterclass in modern expression balanced with classical order. From there, readers are guided through a stunning array of projects: a white-on-white neoclassical pavilion on the Bahamian coast, a masonry home nestled in Virginia’s rolling hills, a quintessential American country house in Tennessee merging farmhouse warmth with crisp minimalism, and an exuberant residence overlooking a pastoral golf course in Alabama.

With each house, McAlpine demonstrates the firm’s ability to craft environments that feel timeless yet contemporary, reflecting the intricacy of human experience. Richly illustrated and thoughtfully curated, this volume celebrates homes that are more than buildings—they are living poetry in architectural form.