This winter we were awarded the Stanford White Award from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA). We wanted to share this award and this lovely house with you. Sometimes, pursuing your instincts and skipping the norms pay off. That is the case with a premier site on Baker’s … [read more]
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FAITH HILL & TIM MCGRAW’S FANTASY ISLAND HOME – A McALPINE FAVORITE
“In paradise you can live in ways you can’t in civilization” BOBBY McALPINE When Faith Hill and Tim McGraw purchased a private 20-acre island back in 2003, they came to us with the question “what does paradise look like?” We had a nice, long-term relationship with them from building their … [read more]
Pace Yourself
School is out, children are home, graduations have passed, dorm boxes arrived. Camp, vacations, summer jobs, reading lists, beach trips, holidays, cookouts, picnics, bar-be-que (yum!), endless possibilities. The sounds, schedules, fragrances, and tastes of a slower pace. Summer has begun. For us at McALPINE, it means our offices are brimming … [read more]
seeing seaside
Today’s guest writer is one of our firm’s newest additions – Mary Catherine Walter. Please welcome a young voice and perspective. Before last weekend, Seaside, Florida was only a familiar fiction to me, a resort town I had heard both praised and criticized, a controversy, the first born of New … [read more]
open house: florida gulf front manse
Travel along the beachside route of Highway 30A in the panhandle of the Florida coast and you’ll eventually stumble upon the town of Rosemary Beach. Designed by the urban-planning-poobahs, Duany Plater-Zyberk, the town sits as a modern day design landmark. Almost 20 years ago, we were invited to this burgeoning … [read more]
the printed works: veranda june/july 2015
A collaboration between two strong talents is always a tricky dance. But architect Bobby McAlpine and decorator Susan Ferrier are like the Astaire and Rogers of the design world. As old pros who have worked together time and again, they make it look as blithe as can be. Consider this … [read more]
Quattuor
The 30A corridor of Florida’s panhandle is hot. No, not just because it’s July on the Gulf Coast. It’s because this area’s beach real estate market continues to set new design standards. It began with the picturesque ‘New Urban Development” of Seaside in the mid 1980s. Rosemary Beach quickly followed … [read more]
open house: beach aerie
As Summer wanes, I’d like to open the door to one of our beach homes. This house, elegantly simple in its design, rests in the popular panhandle Florida town of Rosemary Beach. Founded in 1995, this seaside hamlet has become a popular destination for vacationers, escapists and design enthusiasts. Serving … [read more]
open house: gulf getaway
With the first hint of summer season in the air, our sails naturally lilt toward the call of the sea. Salt air tickles the senses and flashbacks of the annual sweaty, sandy visits of our childhood conjure remembrances of all things coastal. We’ve been honored with a number of commissions … [read more]
all the shingle ladies
Created here in the good old USA, houses of this ilk populate our every coastline, their lineage traced from charming sea shanties to sprawling mansions – a virtual family tree of tree-clad structures. Romantic by nature and beloved by many, this style’s architectural evolution was not a result of aesthetics, … [read more]
