Appleton Partners LLP – was established by Marc Appleton in 1976, and has offices in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, California. We have designed over 850 projects and specialize in the planning, design, and landscaping of custom residential, institutional and commercial projects for both private and public clients. Our projects include additions, restorations and the adaptive reuse of existing buildings as well as new construction. We have been extensively published in major design periodicals and have won numerous awards and competitions. Design is a collaborative process with our clients, inspired by their specific desires, needs, program, and budget. The location, environment, and siting of each project strongly influence this process, and a harmonious relationship between the buildings and landscape is always an essential concern.
Whether contemporary or traditional in style, our architecture strives for an appreciation of place and time. The work is diverse and eclectic, and we reject the idea that a successful design practice needs to be “branded” or have a consistent signature style, or that architecture always has to shout.
Marc Appleton is the founding Principal of Appleton Partners LLP – Architects, with offices in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, California. He received a B.A. honors degree in English from Harvard College (1968), And a Master of Architecture degree from The Yale School of Architecture (1972). Prior to opening his practice in 1976 he worked for several architectural firms, including Benjamin Thompson & Associates, MacAllister, Rinehart & Ring, and Frank O. Gehry & Associates.
His design work has received many awards from the American Institute of Architects and other organizations, and has been widely published in Architectural Digest, Town and Country, Sunset and other periodicals. He was consistently named to Architectural Digest’s top 100 designers from 1991-2016. In 2011, he won the Westweek Star of Design Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2012 he was awarded the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art’s Ross Awards Board of Directors Honor, and in 2014 he became the first recipient of the Design Leadership Network’s inaugural Design Leadership Award.
In addition to architecture, his practice also involves landscape design and planning, and has included the master planning for downtown Pacific Palisades, the renovation and landscape planning for the San Ysidro Ranch Resort as well as numerous private gardens and ranches.
Among the books he has written, published or contributed to are Rexford Newcomb’s Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States (Acanthus,1999), George Washington Smith: An Architect’s Scrapbook (Tailwater, 2001), California Mediterranean (Rizzoli, 2007), New Classicists (Images, 2008), Casa del Herrero (Rizzoli, 2009), Robert Winter’s Myron Hunt at Occidental College (Tailwater, 2012), Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940: Gordon B. Kaufmann (Tailwater/Angel City Press, 2016), and Ranches: Home on the Range in California (Rizzoli, 2016.)
A native of California and Arizona, he is a founding member of the Appleton-Whittel Research Ranch Foundation in Arizona and the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego. He has served on the board of trustees for Prescott College in Arizona, The Cooper Union in New York, The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, and currently serves on a number of committees and boards including Lotusland, the Casa del Herrero Foundation, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and the Deans’ Council of the Yale School of Architecture.
His travels have included Austria, the Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Scotland, Sicily, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.
Professional Registration:
Licensed Architect in the following states:
California C9797 (1978) Nevada 7226 (1999) Texas 16628 (1999)
NCARB Certification 50804
Professional Affiliations:
American Institute of Architects 1978-present
American Society of Landscape Architects Affiliate
Institute of Classical Architecture and Art
Kenneth Mineau, AIA, is a Principal at Appleton Partners LLP – Architects. Raised in the Midwest, he attended the University of California, Berkley, where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture. After college, he practiced in Los Angeles, New York, and Santa Barbara. After designing several projects in Japan, China, and South East Asia he expatriated for several years to manage a satellite office for Berkus Group Architects and Kaplan Mclaughlin Diaz, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Special projects include work on the Sackler Museum at the University of Beijing, China; Campus master plans for Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts; Embassies for the Malaysian Government in Beijing, China and Ottawa, Canada; as well as a variety of medical, community and resort planning projects throughout California, Florida, Japan and Malaysia.
In 2000, Ken joined Appleton Partners as Director of the newly opened Santa Barbara office, where he oversees a variety of residential and commercial projects; most notably an extensive renovation of the historic San Ysidro Ranch Resort.
Professional Registration:
Licensed Architect: California C19133 (1988)
Professional Affiliations:
American Institute of Architects 1989-present
Andrew Scott is a Partner and Director of the Santa Monica office. Raised in Pacific Palisades, he attended the University of Southern California School of Architecture, where he graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture.
After college, he practiced in Los Angeles designing large retail centers in Denver, Southern California and Australia. In 2001, he completed his Master’s Degree of Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Urban Design and Architecture.
While in college, Andrew lived and studied in Como, Italy as part of the School of Architecture’s study abroad program where his passion for travel was born and has lead him to the following countries: Austria, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cook Islands, Denmark, England, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and Switzerland.
In 2000, Andrew joined Appleton Partners as a designer. Over the past 20 years, he has managed numerous successful residential and commercial projects in Santa Barbara, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Hermosa Beach, Santa Monica, Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar and Martha’s Vineyard.
Andrew is married to Lauren, and they have a daughter Shelby. He is an active outdoorsman enjoying alpine climbing, mountain biking, skiing, camping, scuba diving, triathlons and travel.
Professional Registration:
Licensed Architect: California C36985
NCARB Certification 97798
Professional Affiliations:
American Institute of Architects
Institute of Classical Architecture and Art
A native of Los Angeles Andrea Van den Eikhof received her Master of Architecture from UCLA and joined Appleton team in 1997.
Andrea’s love of travel which has taken her throughout the world, sparked her appreciation of architecture at an early age, well preparing her for a career in traditional architecture. Her sensitivity to detail, proportion, and understanding of construction, as well as her ability to communicate and mitigate the client’s desires into reality, and strong relationships with both consultants and contractors have resulted in a variety of exceptional projects.
In addition to her work on projects, Andrea’s leadership qualities include mentoring staff, directing production standards and constantly looking for new ways to improve the collaboration and office culture at Appleton.
Paul attended the University of Kentucky where he received a Bachelor of Architecture. Following college, Paul spent several years on the east coast working for commercial and residential firms in New Jersey and Washington D.C. While in D.C., he began using Building Information Modeling (BIM) Software. He later returned to Kentucky where he joined EOP Architects, a firm that developed a variety of projects ranging from mixed-use buildings and residential condos to academic facilities and fitness centers. In 2009 the firm was recognized by AIA Kentucky with their Distinguished Firm Award. Projects he worked on included a new 280,000 square foot research building for the College of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky, as well as a stadium for the 2010 World Equestrian Games. In 2007, Paul attended Autodesk University and received advanced training in Revit and BIM technology. While at EOP, Paul held concurrent positions as both a Project Manager and the firm’s Senior BIM Manager.
Paul Rubison is an Associate in the Santa Barbara office of Appleton Partners LLP. He joined Appleton Partners in 2011 and enjoys collaborating with staff from both the Santa Barbara and Santa Monica locations in the development of projects and management of the offices. Paul has overseen numerous residential and commercial projects since joining Appleton Partners, some of which have been featured in national design publications including Veranda and Architectural Digest.
Susan is a native of Southern California and holds a Bachelor of Art History from the University of California Los Angeles and a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She is licensed in the state of California. While working for a Chicago based firm she participated in a variety of project types including museums, custom residential, and historical restoration of state buildings and private clubs. Returning to Los Angeles she worked on larger scale institutional projects, learning the unique technical requirements for a high-profile performing arts center in southern California and a U.S.Embassy in Europe. She loves local and long-distance travel and in her trips to Europe and around the U.S. she is continually interested in the urban fabric and walkable cities.
Susan joined Appleton Partners in 2005 and has since practiced on numerous residential projects of varying scale throughout southern California, taking them from schematic design through construction. She enjoys supporting staff with project development as well as collaborating with office leaders to improve upon Appleton Partner’s high standards of project delivery.
Jesiy Richards was born and raised in mid-Missouri. She attended two years at the University of Missouri-Kansas City & received her Master of Architecture from Kansas State University. She is a licensed architect in both Missouri and California. Jesiy began her career working for an Architectural Materials Rep with various systems from terra cotta and aluminum rain screens to operable glass walls and custom metal ceilings. This experience gave her the opportunity to work directly with product manufacturers, architects, and contractors. These interactions strengthened her global understanding of the field of Architecture. Jesiy later transitioned into working for Specialty Residential Design Firm in Kansas City before moving to Santa Barbara.
Jesiy joined Appleton Partners, LLP in January 2016. With the firm, she has had the privilege to work on projects from Woodside to San Diego, CA. Jesiy enjoys opportunities to improve her skills and take on new challenges. Her favorite part of the project process is collaborating with her colleagues, outside consultants, and the client.
John P. Margolis was born in Boston, Massachusetts into an academic family full of intellectual and artistic diversity. He received his bachelor’s degree with a Major in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, and later his Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. Early on he pursued his lifelong passion for architecture on urban and library design projects around the country during his tenure at numerous prestigious firms including Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott.
John’s primary interest has always been residential architecture and particularly the design of the built form and the surrounding landscape as a seamless unity. This prompted his master’s thesis planning and design study: The Villa and the Garden – Suburbia Reexamined at the Carolands Mansion in Hillsborough, California.
In 2014, John relocated to Los Angeles to serve as Studio Director at Evens Architects, the traditional studio at the KAA Design Group after maintaining his own practice Margolis, Incorporated for over twenty years on the affluent Gold Coast north of Boston. There he designed many varied residential designs – predominantly in the traditional vernacular, typical of the grand estates built over a century earlier. His projects have been published in periodicals both domestically and in Europe. In 2019, John joined the Santa Barbara office of Appleton Partners LLP as a Senior Project Manager.
His passion for classical and traditional architecture led him to the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) in 1990 where he currently serves as the Vice President of the Southern California Chapter and was recently elected to Fellow of the ICAA. John has also served as New England Chapter President for five consecutive years. John is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and is licensed in Massachusetts. John also serves on the Regional Cabinet and National Council for his alma mater Washington University in St. Louis.
David is a native of southern California with a diverse experience in the field of architecture for firms specializing in a variety of use types including healthcare, retail supermarkets, hospitality, residential estates, and registered historical structures. While working for a Santa Barbara based firm, he practiced full-scope project management for several custom residential and light commercial projects. He studied undergraduate architecture at NJIT in Newark, exploring much of the East Coast before returning to complete a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
David joined Appleton Partners in 2004 and was instrumental in transitioning all production from CAD to BIM. He stayed on to follow thru with implementation, staff training, content development, automation, and research. He is an Autodesk Revit Certified Professional and continues to encourage numerous other AEC technology projects as they align with Appleton Partners goals and initiatives.
David works closely with a talented team of architects, designers, and administrators. He also enjoys spending time with his family in Thousand Oaks.
Jeffrey L. Yardy, originally from the Pacific Northwest grew up with a passion for beautiful, verdant gardens and sustainable design. His interests in art and horticulture led him to attend Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture with a concentration in Environmental Design.
Since then, Jeff has worked on numerous high-end residential, commercial, and landscape restoration projects across California and internationally. He has collaborated with the National Parks Service, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and Lotusland. He also served on the County of Santa Barbara’s South Board of Architectural Review.
Jeff has a commitment to ecological living practices and has cultivated a lifelong interest in learning about plants and the native habitats in which they flourish.
As the Director of Finance and Administration, Sharon Crawley is responsible for all of the company’s financial operations, including all administration, and leads all human resources activities. Her career spans more than 30 years of varied experience in financial management, business administration, and business leadership.
Before joining Appleton Partners in 2003, she has held senior level positions in both accounting and business administration. In 2011 she formed a CFO Financial Networking Group with peer firms in Southern California. This group meets often to discuss best practices in our industry.
Sharon has studies in Business Administration at Glendale Community College, participated in several PMSJ Management Bootcamps, Project Management College Courses, Consulting Alliances Business Mastery Programs, CAB Entrepreneurial Edge Programs and many other continuing Business Administration courses.
Some of her extracurricular activities include volunteering with Habitat for Humanity projects,Co-Coordinator/Tutor for Alexandria House Program, volunteered at Glendale Memorial Hospital’s Annual Wine & Roses Fundraisers, and participated in Glendale political campaign assisting the Treasurer. She has traveled to Italy, France, England, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada, the Caribbean, Hawaii and most of the US. She lives in Santa Barbara with her husband Andrew and dog Casey. Andrew being a chef, they enjoy all things food, wine and travel!