The work of the famed McAlpine firm has always communicated the power of Romanticism, speaking directly to the heart through the beauty and poetry of the home. Drawing on diverse influences, the residences draw on architectural languages ranging from Elizabethan and Dutch to Colonial Caribbean and Agrarian American. The book opens with Bobby McAlpine's newly designed home, featuring exquisite spaces that are modern in expression yet classic in order and balance. Other projects include a white-on-white neoclassical pavilion in the Bahamas; a masonry dwelling in the hills of Virginia; a quintessential American cottage in Tennessee that combines the familiarity of a farmhouse with crisp minimalism; and a lush house perched on the edge of a pastoral golf course in Alabama. Choosing freely from the treasure trove of architecture, the assembly of houses is familiar, bold, and surprising, all while reflecting the complexity of the human experience.