McALPINE Books

Bobby McAlpine is the poet of place. His latest tome, McALPINE: Romantic Modernism, reinforces this masterfully.

The book celebrates the recent work of McALPINE, the award-winning architectural and interior design firm, with a collection of residences embracing modernism, classicism, and romanticism.

McALPINE has always communicated the power of romanticism, speaking directly to the heart through the beauty and poetry of the home. Tapping diverse influences, the residences included in the book draw from architectural languages ranging from Elizabethan and Dutch to colonial Caribbean and agrarian American. It opens with Bobby McAlpine’s own newly designed house, featuring exquisite spaces that are modern in expression but classical in order and balance. Other projects include a white-on-white neoclassical pavilion-by-the-sea in the Bahamas; a masonry dwelling in the rolling hills of Virginia; a quintessential American country house in Tennessee that combines the familiarity of a farmhouse with

crisp minimalism; and an exuberant house sited on the edge of a pastoral golf course in Alabama.

Freely choosing from architecture’s treasury, the assembly of houses is familiar, bold, and surprising, all at the same time—reflecting the complexity of the human experience.

With strikingly beautiful photography and a narrative that transcends the usual repertoire of craft and design, McALPINE: Romantic Modernism opens a new door within the vernacular of architecture. It allows us to experience the work of McALPINE in a way which goes further than poetry. It invites us to the table for something new, gently stating “Come and sit next to me and I’ll tell you something you may not know.”