Following the success of Ken Tate's first volume is this book of more beautiful homes.Tate's designs spring from an intensive study of his clients and locales in which they have chosen to build.They demonstrate his obvious love of traditions of architecture which is evident in each home, which is beautifully illustrated through colour photographs.The character and the preferences of his patrons have led him to create residences in a wide variety of styles.The common language is decidedly Classical and all are impeccably researched and executed.All owe their grace and coherence to Tate's knowledge of this tradition but Tate's personal interpretation and intellectual rigors allow each building to stand apart as an individual work of art: beautiful, livable and utterly engaging.Inside Northside magazine said recently in an article about Ken Tate: Perhaps no prominent architect today has a greater stylistic range.

This latest volume in the The New Classicists series features the work of renowned architect Marc Appleton and his Santa Barbara,Los Angeles,firm,Appleton & Associates,which has established a reputation for designing some of the country's most beautiful residences.Unlike many architects who strive to attract media attention by creating 'signature' designs that make instant headlines,Appleton and his firm prefer that their houses retain a certain understated sophistication,and as a result,design homes that look like they have evolved from the landscape rather than intruding upon it.In fact,Appleton & Associates' work frequently draws upon the time-honored traditions of vernacular architecture,subtly reinterpreting them to evoke a presence of the past.An Appleton-designed timber residence in COlorado will look like it has always been there,in the shadow of the snow-capped mountains,while a Shingle-style beach house overlooking the Sound on Martha's Vineyard will sit so elegantly and unobtrusively in the landscape that visitors focus not so much on the house but on the surrounds and the view.

Foreword by Witold Rybczynski

Introduction by Marc Appleton

SELECTED WORKS

Day Residence (1980-19831,1989)

Zanuck Residence (1987-1991)

martha's Vineyard Residence (1990-1994)

Glazer Residence (1991-1995)

tangan Residence (1994-1997)

Kasdan Residence (1994-1997)

Frank Residence (1995-1998)

Writer's Pavilion (1996-1999)

Santa Monica Residence (1997-2000)

McEvoy Ranch (1991-2002)

Villa Cresta (1989-2002)

Merrill's Farmhouse (1999-2002)

Stuart Residence (2000-2004)

Los Angeles Residence (2002-2004)

Italian Farmhouse (1999-2005)

APPENDIX

Acknowledgments

Firm Profile

Biographies

Office Staff

Project List

Bibliography