At Home in New England

The now venerable firm of Royal Barry Wills was founded in a one-room office on Boston's Beacon Street in 1925. Initially fueled by word of mouth and occasional newspaper exposure, the firm gained admiration for Wills's fresh take on various New England styles, including Georgian, Tudor, French Provincial, and Colonial American. Driven by the country's desire for both aesthetic appeal and practicality, the firm's popularity increased dramatically with its focus on the creation of modern homes inspired by the one-and-a-half-story Cape Cod houses, which perfectly balanced the classic and the new. Now run by his son, Richard Wills, the firm has been designing elegant private homes in the classically inspired Colonial New England tradition for more than eighty-five years. As time has passed, their Cape Cod-style homes have proven remarkably adaptable to the demands of contemporary life, while staying true to Wills's original flair for intermingling past and present. This book features examples of the firm's work from its founding to the present, with an emphasis on more recent houses that have been built throughout New England.
Royal Barry Wills was the founder and namesake of one of America's most famous architecture firms. Now run by his son, Richard Wills, the Boston firm has been designing elegant private homes in the Colonial New England tradition for over 85 years. This fully illustrated, handsome book features examples of the firm's work from the beginning to the present, including many private homes never seen in print.
'The Cape Cod cottage, ' Wills writes, 'adapts to all the demands that a 21st-century lifestyle can throw at it.' That's why Wills and his associates have stuck to the tradition of building comfortable, attractive, and practical houses for America's families.--Boston Globe
At Home in New England not only celebrated the reowned work of Royal Barry Wills architects from 1925 to the present but also captures the essence of this much-loved and abiding architectural style. The. . . .volume showcases quintessential examples of the company's best work, featuring New England homes that are as remarkable for their artistic and qualitative consistency as they are for the ease with they sit in their surroundings. . . .[T]he homes in this delightful book bear testament to the evolutionary quality of New England architecture and one that will, no doubt, continue well into the future.--Ocean Home