Marc Appleton is the founding Principal of Appleton Partners LLP – Architects, with offices in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, California. He earned a B.A. in English from Harvard College and a Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture. His work has received numerous awards from the American Institute of Architects and other organizations. Appleton is the author or contributor to several books, including California Mediterranean and Ranches: Home on the Range in California. A native of California and Arizona, he helped found the Appleton-Whittel Research Ranch Foundation and the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art.