This pool house is designed as a natural extension of daily life outdoors.
Andalucian precedents guide the design, with deep columned porches and open archways creating shaded spaces for dining, lounging, and gathering, while the continuity of materials ties it to the original historic main house.
Landscape Designer: Architect with Ron Ford & LZ Design Group, Inc.
Interior Designer: @platnerstudio
Structural Engineer: Parker Resnick Engineer
Contractor: MG Partners
Mechanical Engineer: The Sullivan Partnership, Inc.
Electrical Engineer: Brian Smith
Photography: @vertikoff_photography
Recognized by Sunset Western Home & Design in their 2026 awards program, this Montecito home reflects contemporary ocean living.
This Mid-Century beach house frames scenic views to the Pacific and captures southern light from all angles. The landscape design blurs the boundary between indoor and outdoor living.
Landscape Designer: Jeff Yardy, Appleton Partners
Interior Designer: Leah O’Connell Design
Contractor: Channel Builders
Structural Engineer: Doyle-Morgan Structural Engineering
Mechanical Engineer: Gold Coast Air Conditioning Co., Inc.
Electrical Engineer: Huddleston Electric
Photographer Credit: Kort Havens (Interior) / Matt Walla Photography LLC (exterior)
Coffered ceilings, carved archways and long corridors draw the eye outward to garden and sea.
Each space is defined by proportion, light and the continuity of materials carried from one threshold to the next.
Landscape Designer: Architect with Ron Ford & LZ Design Group, Inc.
Interior Designer: Lucinda Lester Design, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Parker Resnick Engineer
Contractor: kitchell Custom Homes
Mechanical Engineer: The Sullivan Partnership, Inc.
Electrical Engineer: Brian Smith
Photography: @vertikoff_photography
The pool reflects the crisp stucco façade and tiled roofs, while wrought-iron details and layered plantings shape outdoor rooms that invite both lively gatherings and casual afternoons.
Contractor: RAM Development/Tom Nelson
Landscape Designer: SWA/David Berkson
Interior Designer: Patti Skouras
Structural Engineer: Parker-Resnick Structural Engineers
Step inside the Marc Appleton Library in Santa Barbara with John P. Margolis as your guide.
The volumes reflect over four decades of research into regional architecture, classical precedent, landscape, and craft.
Appleton Partners is honored to receive a 2026 Palladio Award for the Restoration and Renovation of Florestal – Main House.
This project was an opportunity to carefully restore a historic estate and incorporates new additions rooted in classical principles.
The firm has a longstanding with understanding proportion, craftsmanship and enduring materials. This project embraces traditional precedents and reflects our passion for creating heirlooms for family living.
Landscape Designer: Architect with Ron Ford & LZ Design Group, Inc.
Interior Designer: Lucinda Lester Design, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Parker Resnick Engineer
Contractor: Kitchell Custom Homes
Mechanical Engineer: The Sullivan Partnership, Inc.
Electrical Engineer: Brian Smith
Photography: @vertikoff_photography
With colored pencil in hand, John P. Margolis maps out gardens, terraces, and pools, translating vision into form through texture, tone, and thoughtful composition.
Originally designed by G.W. Smith, this residence has been thoughtfully expanded through the acquisition of a neighboring property.
A sequence of terraces, arcades, and gardens now weaves the two sites together, creating a cohesive composition that unfolds from the hillside down through a series of carefully framed outdoor rooms.
Original Building Architect: G.W. Smith
Contractor: McCoy Construction
Landscape Designer: Laurie Lewis & Sally Paul
Interior Designer: Windsor Smith Lifestyle Architect
Structural Engineer: Parker-Resnick Structural Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: The Sullivan Partnership
Set high within the coastal hills, this small stone chapel reads as both landmark and refuge.
From a distance, the chapel punctuates the horizon; up close, its scale and material restraint invite reflection.
Landscape Designer: AP & Richie-Bray, Inc.
Interior Designer: Platner & Co.
Contractor: Matt Construction
Structural Engineer: Parker Resnick
Mechanical Engineer: MEC
Electrical Engineer: Smith Engineering Inc.
Photographer Credit: Karyn Millet
Originally designed by George Washington Smith, this historic home has been carefully restored and thoughtfully expanded.
Appleton Partners’ Associate Principal Andrea Van den Eikhof shares how the new loggia aligns precisely with the olive tree alley beyond, turning a simple landscape feature into a formal vista.
Original Building Architect: G.W. Smith
Contractor: McCoy Construction
Landscape Designer: Laurie Lewis & Sally Paul
Interior Designer: Windsor Smith Lifestyle Architect
Structural Engineer: Parker-Resnick Structural Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: The Sullivan Partnership
Last week, Andrew Scott of Appleton Partners joined a panel discussion as part of the New California Classics initiative, alongside fellow architect May Sung and interior designers Heidi Bonesteel and Michelle Trout. The conversation was moderated by Lindsay Shook, Editor-in-Chief of California Home + Design.
The discussion brought together leaders from across the design community to share ideas on resilience, architectural heritage, and the future of rebuilding communities following the California wildfires.
Thank you to the organizers and panelists for a thoughtful and engaging conversation.
Reclaimed wood treads bring warmth and texture to this stair, while the slender railing introduces a graphic counterpoint.
Landscape Designer: @lzdesigngroupinc
Interior Designer: @sallyenthoven
Structural Engineer: Doyle-Morgan Structural Engineers
