Norm received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Arizona State University in 1968, and was mentored by the late Calvin Straub. He studied under Paolo Soleri for five years and worked in Homer Delawie’s office prior to striking out on his own. Licensed since 1972, Applebaum is known for a number of artistically designed projects.
Architect Norm Applebaum enjoyed friendships with Cliff May, Cal Straub among others during his early professional years while working in Homer Delawie’s office prior to striking out on his own.
Among the architects he has sought inspiration from are Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Bernard Maybeck, Cliff May, Cal Straub and John Lautner. "Mr. Wright always said that architecture is the mother art," Applebam recently said. "I do believe it. I practice as an artist. All my homes are done artistically. I don't do any development or tract work or spec work. All my individual custom homes are art."
Allis, Irene House Remodel (1993)
La Jolla
Applebaum House Remodel (1993)
4818 Sussex Drive, Kensington
Appleby, Carl and Eileen House (1978-1982)
16055 El Guejito Grade Road, Escondido
Austin, Mary House Remodel (1995)
Palomar
Barringer, Mary House Remodel (1994)
La Jolla
Bateman House (1994)
Rancho Santa Fe
Bateman Guest House (1997)
Rancho Santa Fe
Blickenstaff, Kim House Remodel (2004)
El Cajon
Brandes House #1 ‘Prong House’ (1994)
Rancho Santa Fe
Brandes House #2 'The Estate’ (1997-2005)
15880 El Camino Real, Rancho Santa Fe
Brimm House Remodel (1986)
La Jolla
Brown, Charles House (1986-88)
17279 Circa Oriente, Rancho Santa Fe
Brown, Gary House Remodel (1993)
Kensington
Darby, Peter House Remodel (1992)
Escondido
Davidson, Bruce House Remodel (2006)
Coronado
DeGenaro House (1977)
La Jolla
Dennison House Remodel (2000)
Point Loma
Druckman House (1987)
La Jolla
Earley House Remodel (1972)
Pacific Beach
Ellestad, Roger House (2012-2017)
De Luz, California
Ellis House (1994)
Annapolis, Maryland
Fong Residence House Remodel (1994)
Pacific Beach
Ford House Remodel (1979)
Point Loma
Four Points Hotel Remodel and Additions (1996-97)
San Diego
Gaelen House Remodel (1972)
La Jolla
George House Remodel (1974)
*Possibly at 16538 Orchard Bend Road, Rancho Bernardo
Gillespie, Riegel House (AKA ‘The Wedge’) (1994)
15578 Raptor Road, Poway
*Destroyed by fire in 2003
Gould House (1987)
Ephiram, Wisconsin
Grauer House Remodel (2001)
Del Mar
Griffin, John House Remodel (2007)
Del Mar
Haimsohn, Edward and Shirley House (1983)
924 Albion Street, Point Loma
Haluza House Remodel (2003)
Escondido
Hargarten, Jerome House (1985)
13622 Orchard Gate Road, Poway
Hultman House (2012)
Alpine
James, Ellen House Remodel (2005)
La Jolla
Kawasaki, Theilacker, Ueno & Associates, Landscape Architects (1979)
4th & Robinson, Hillcrest
*Demolished
Kernan, John House Remodel (2003)
Point Loma
Krichman, Alan & Joyce House Remodel (1975-76)
2377 Royal Oak Drive, Escondido
Kyles House (2007)
Cardiff
Kurlander House Remodel (1981)
La Jolla
Laventhol, Carole and Dick House Remodel
*Original home possibly by Hester & Cody
Leinow House Remodel (1975)
Pacific Beach
Matheron, Richard C. House #1 (AKA ‘Wings’) (1991-92)
Escondido
*Destroyed by fire in 2007
Matheron, Richard C. Guest House (1993)
Escondido
*Destroyed by fire in 2007
Matheron, Richard C. House #2 (AKA Villa Tyto Alba) (2009)
15234 Sky High Road, Escondido
McElliot House (1988)
Scripps Ranch
McIntyre House Remodel (1997)
La Jolla
Mueller House (1996)
Kensington
Neely House Remodel (1997)
Mission Hills
Nute House Remodel (1997)
Point Loma
Park West Realty (1975)
Mission Hills
Penn, Nolan & Barbara House Remodel (2006)
8223 El Paseo Grande, La Jolla
Plank, Jim House Remodel (2006, 2011)
Del Cerro
Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Clubhouse Remodel & Additions (1996-97)
Rancho Santa Fe
Roth/Shapira House Remodel (1999)
Point Loma
Sackier, Jonathan House Remodel (1995)
Del Mar
Schmitt, Conrad & Sera House (1977)
3965 Bandini Street, Mission Hills
Seabold House Remodel (1973)
El Cajon
Seabold Triplex Remodel (1974)
Pacific Beach
Shaevitz House (1984)
Fairbanks Ranch
Shapiro House Remodel (1985)
La Jolla
Shapiro, Richard House (2003)
Rancho Santa Fe
Shapiro, Robert House (2002)
Cornelia, Georgia
Slonim, Philip & Ruth House (1981-83)
12955 Guacamayo Court, Rancho Bernardo
Starkman, Linda House (AKA ‘Fox Hollow’) (2015)
Paso Robles
Stringer, Jerri & Ralph Hughes House Remodel (2011)
San Diego
Styers, Jeff House Remodel (2009)
Escondido
Summers, Harry House (1988)
Rancho Santa Fe
Susynski House (1998)
June Lake, California
White House Remodel (1988)
La Jolla
Wolf House Remodel (1975)
Point Loma
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