Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May (California Architecture & Architects ; no. 10)

by the editorial staff of Sunset magazine and books, under the direction of Paul C. Johnson, editor of Sunset books

ISBN 10: 0940512041 / ISBN 13: 9780940512047

Published by Hennessey & Ingalls, Santa Monica, 2009

About this Item

Reprint of the classic survey of mid-century Californian ranch houses first published in 1958. 176 pages, ill., plans. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Seller Inventory # 015401

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May (California Architecture & Architects ; no. 10)
• Publisher: Hennessey & Ingalls, Santa Monica
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940512041
• ISBN 13: 9780940512047
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

The success of the first edition of Sunset Western Ranch Houses led Sunset and Cliff May to bring out a second edition in 1958. Very different than the first edition, this too proved to be a best-seller. In addition being more thorough than the earlier work, the second edition also showed that May's architecture was going in new directions. He still preserved the rustic traditions and materials of the ranch house, but his designs were more open and flexible. The houses show that May had absorbed many of the modernist advances in domestic achitecture taking place in Southern California, while still maintaining his esthetic roots in the Spanish ranch house.