Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch House

by Jocelyn Gibbs and Nicholas Olsberg

This landmark volume is an authoritative, richly illustrated examination of the origins, evolution, and influence of the California ranch house. Carefree California looks at a legendary figure in Southern California design, Cliff May, and the ubiquitous domestic icon his name evokes, the ranch house. We also see how other architects--from George Washington Smith to Rudolph Schindler--pursued different paths toward the same kind of relaxed domesticity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847837823
• ISBN13: 9780847837823
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.3" x 10.3"