We are thrilled to be on Architectural Digest online with a web exclusive home tour of the home of Jim and Susan Roland’s beautiful home in St. Francisville, Louisiana. “The house needed to be a glass box—it had views all around. I wanted it to be almost like a louvered, … [read more]
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Double Header
Yes, and all due respect for the baseball metaphor! Bobby is doing his own double header in Nashville this week. Our friends at the Schumacher Showroom in Nashville are bringing the teams on the field for a conversation between Hudson Moore, Design Editor of FREDERIC Magazine, and Bobby. It is … [read more]
ADAC convo
ADAC, aka the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center, for decades has been the destination for great design and a gathering place for the design community. We are proud our Atlanta office is located there. We are also proud and grateful to be a part of Design ADAC, a weeklong celebration of … [read more]
Art In Design
Last month, Greg Tankersley was interviewed by INTERIORS Magazine about his use of art in designs. Here’s their conversation. Who are some of your favorite artists and why? Blake Weeks, sculptor: He masterfully orchestrates beads, feathers, jewels and bones into fantastical creatures. I commissioned him to do a sculpture with … [read more]
SAND CASTLE
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]
Pain Free Design by McAlpine
Beautiful Milieu magazine featured our recent project of a Tennessee farmhouse located on a bucolic 400-acre ancestral homestead called Bloomsbury Farm. The magazine shared the story of Bobby walking the land with the owners, and returning with drawings of his vision for the property. The owners responded by saying, “He … [read more]
McALPINE LOVES A GOOD LANDSCAPE
The outdoor season is upon us and we now find ourselves designing more outdoor spaces than ever before. We’ve always believed the interior and exterior of a home should have a seamless integration and provide areas for entertaining, contemplation and connecting with nature. Size doesn’t matter when it comes to … [read more]
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]
This Week…
Upcoming events. Come join us! NEW YORK TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 6-8PM – RIZZOLI BOOKSTORE LAUNCH EVENT 1133 Broadway, New York, NY, 212-759-2424, Celebration & book signing. rizzolibookstore.com NEW YORK WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 6PM – McKINNON AND HARRIS SHOWROOM 211 East 59th Street, New York, NY, 212-371-8260, Book signing and opportunity … [read more]
poetry reading
We’re elated to announce the publication of our new book, POETRY OF PLACE! This, our third book published by the fine folks at Rizzoli, will be available October 1st. To quote Bobby McAlpine, this new book “picks up the conversation that I began in my last one.” Following our … [read more]
