We are so fortunate to have created hundreds of homes that allow our clients to experience nature at its best. Although we’ve designed many oceanfront properties, there is just something special about lakeside living. These lake designs are close to our hearts. The joy and serenity of the sunsets and … [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]
the digitally printed works: architectural digest, august 2016
The following story, a tour of Bobby McAlpine’s Lake Martin, Alabama home, appeared as an article on Architectural Digest’s newly expanded online content. We are reprinting it with their kind permission. The article was written by Jacqueline Terrebonne and photographed by Erica George Dines. Leave it to an architect to create … [read more]
a flight of fancy
A few years ago, I wrote a post about Jim Scott’s enraptured garden located at Lake Martin, Alabama. Last week we posted it again. Now, thanks to modern technology, you can tour this magical property through aerial eyes. Enjoy this wonderful short film by Orchestrate:
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]
collaborative efforts: louis fusco landscape architect
Congratulations are in order for one of our talented collaborators. Connecticut based landscape architect, Louis Fusco, was recently awarded the top honor in Connecticut Cottages and Gardens magazine’s 2016 Innovations in Design Award (full disclosure – I was an esteemed judge on this jury but I kept my trap shut … [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]
open house: a gentleman’s farm in tennessee
There seems to be an innate relationship between man and earth. Observe any given little boy digging in the dirt with a stick and that unspoken affair is evident. Alas, a number of these boys grow up, get educated, polished and thrust into concrete jungles to begin their industrious climbs. … [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]
