Poetry of Place: The New Architecture and Interiors of McAlpine
An appealing approach to creating dwellings blending vernacular styles, fine craftsmanship, and indigenous materials. This volume features the recent projects of McAlpine, one of the country’s most highly respected architecture and interior design firms, renowned for its timeless houses exemplifying the charm and elegance of traditional and vernacular English, American, and European styles blended with
An appealing approach to creating dwellings blending vernacular styles, fine craftsmanship, and indigenous materials.
This volume features the recent projects of McAlpine, one of the country’s most highly respected architecture and interior design firms, renowned for its timeless houses exemplifying the charm and elegance of traditional and vernacular English, American, and European styles blended with a modern sensibility.
Following from their first book, The Home Within Us, this book profiles twenty stunning projects, from a stone tower folly standing in the gardens of a Tudor-style house to a humble yet elegant wooden lakeside retreat. Through his poetic voice, Bobby McAlpine narrates the story of each residence, pointing out its unique qualities. Featured are an exotic Florida Panhandle beach house; a Tuscan-style horse farm; a rambling Colonial Revival compound; and a miniature European manor house, among others. These dwellings are classically understated and welcoming. With its gorgeous photography of inspiring interiors and exteriors, Poetry of Place will appeal to those interested in design romancing the past.
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A nice, warm, fuzzy coffee table book Among current eclectic architecture firms in practice, McAlpine ranges in the second or third tier, in my opinion. The primary reasons are quite evident in this book and its sister book. The work of the firm is competent enough. The primary weakness in the work is an apparent attempt to be all things to all clients with the result being attempts to varying degrees of success in designing in various contemporary modifications of traditional styles. The most prevalent and most successful is a…
Beautiful Book This is an excellent book on architecture and interiors. Being from Alabama, I’m partial to Bobby McAlpine’s work and bought this book for my daughter, who is an interior designer. The book is very well written, has beautiful photographs that will inspire your creativity and makes a great coffee table book.
Three Stars The photography of the homes is breathtaking. The narrative by McAlpine is ludicrous.