Ranch Houses

Author : David Weingarten,Lucia Howard
Publisher : Rizzoli
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822037311578

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Ranch Houses by David Weingarten,Lucia Howard Pdf

With its archetypal open plan and reverence of indoor-outdoor living, the Ranch house is at the very heart of the California dream. When we picture California Ranch houses—the low-slung, informal dwellings that engulfed suburbs after World War II—we are thinking of just one part of a phenomenon that has its roots in early-nineteenth-century ranchos, and which continues today in houses that are startling and up-to-the-minute. Examples of the type have been called ranchos, ranchers, and California ramblers. They have been styled Spanish, Japanese, and French; Monterey and International; Vernacular, Minimalist, and Modernist. From the 1797 Rancho Los Alamitos of Long Beach to such contemporary homes as the Miller Residence of Corte Madera, Ranch Houses unveils the great variety and the very finest examples of this multifaceted form. Including the work of such architectural luminaries as Cliff May, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, and Charles Moore, Ranch Houses is an essential resource for architects, home owners, and all those who aspire to the indoor/outdoor lifestyle that is the California Dream.

Author : Michelle Gringeri-Brown
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781423608950

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Atomic Ranch by Michelle Gringeri-Brown Pdf

An in-depth exploration of midcentury residential architecture in America, with extensive photos and design tips included. Post-World War II ranches (1946–1970) range from the decidedly modern gable-roofed Joseph Eichler tracts in the San Francisco Bay area and butterfly wing houses in Palm Springs, Florida, to the unassuming brick or stucco L-shaped ranches and split-levels so common throughout the United States. In this book Michelle Gringeri-Brown and Jim Brown, founders and publishers of the popular quarterly Atomic Ranch magazine, extol the virtues of the tract, split-level, rambler home and its many unique qualities: private front facades, open floor plans, secluded bedroom wings, walls of glass, and an easy-living style. From updated homes with high-end Italian kitchens, terrazzo floors, and modern furniture to affordable homeowner renovations with eclectic thrift-store furnishings, Atomic Ranch presents twenty-five homes showcasing inspiring examples of stylish living through beautiful color photographs, including before and after shots, design-tip sidebars, and a thorough resource index. Atomic Ranch reveals: Hallmarks of the ranch style Inspiring original ranch homes Ranch house transformations and makeovers Preservation of mid-century neighborhoods Adding personality to a ranch home Yards and landscaping A helpful resource section and index

Author : Lenard E. Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Ranch houses
ISBN : UIUC:30112084821922

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Furnishing Plan for a Badlands Ranch House by Lenard E. Brown Pdf

Author : Katherine Ann Samon
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X030203985

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Ranch House Style by Katherine Ann Samon Pdf

If you grew up in postwar America, chances are you lived in or next to a ranch-style house. And the things we loved about ranches when we liked Ike are still attractive—perhaps more so—today: the liberation that comes with open-plan living, the casual feel of easy kitchen access, the comfort of having bedrooms and children near at hand, the convenience of one-level living, and the everyday luxury of smooth indoor-outdoor flow. So it’s no surprise that the ranch is in style again—and this book showcases the best of it. Whether that style is the mid-century modern of Corbusier and the Eameses, or the cross-cultural awareness of the sixties, or the Pop Art and plastic of the seventies, Ranch House Style offers inspiration and instruction on re-creating these looks in your own home. But this book isn’t just for style mavens with professional decorators. Because if there’s any one completely American, democratic architectural style, it’s the ranch house. Ranches, in all their glory (and sometimes utter lack of it), are everywhere, usually affordable, just waiting for the right shag carpet to restore their hipness, the right flea-market find to liven up that patio. AndRanch House Styleshows how—with examples of the ranch’s flexibility for any decorating style, from Victorian and French Country to thoroughly contemporary, from primary homes in the suburbs to vacation getaways on the shore, from vintage gems to newly built originals. It also shows how to solve the special challenges that come with one-story living in a decades-old house, including how to expand into today’s more spacious footprints, how to renovate for modern amenities, and how best to use the ranch’s typically large plot of land. Remarkably, there hasn’t been a book on ranches available in decades. Despite the millions that exist across the entire country, the ranch has been ignored by the high-design community. To address that insult to ranch lovers, Ranch House Style also includes thoroughly researched, authoritative material on the style’s history, sociological context, architects, designers, and furniture. This is a serious work that stands alone in its field, in addition to being a beautiful, inspirational, and practical decorating book. So come visit the ranch—both the remarkably familiar and the strikingly original, from modest to luxurious, in styles from charming to mod—available in neighborhoods everywhere, here showing in all its coolness.

Author : Janet Ann Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822042769455

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Arizona Ranch Houses by Janet Ann Stewart Pdf

Janet Stewart's overview of Arizona ranch houses not only recounts the development of a popular architectural form, ir also offers a practical guide for modern homebuilders who wish to recapture this famous style. Photographs and floor plans accompany the text.

Author : Alan Hess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822034166157

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The Ranch House by Alan Hess Pdf

My Side of the Mountain is a favorite middle-grade novel. This companion gives background on the author, including an interview, questions to guide reading, clues to the story's themes, plot, characters, and setting, a glossary, writing and other activities, and more. If you loved My Side of the Mountain, you need this reading companion.

Author : Donlyn Lyndon,James Alinder,Donald Canty,Lawrence Halprin
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568983868

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The Sea Ranch by Donlyn Lyndon,James Alinder,Donald Canty,Lawrence Halprin Pdf

Recognized for its environmentally sensitive planning and architecture, the Sea Ranch community is located on the Californian Sonoma Coast. Heavily illustrated, this volume uses photographs and plans to portray the people and buildings and reveal the community's success as an environmental experiment.

Author : Cliff May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : UCBK:C079319545

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The California ranch house by Cliff May Pdf

May relates his family history, recalls his early life in San Diego, and discusses the history of his architectural creation, the California ranch house.

Author : Cliff May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : OCLC:318355838

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Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May Pdf

Author : Karin M. Roberts,James Schneck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : WISC:89073164352

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Turkey Creek Ranch (5EP836) Fort Carson, Colorado by Karin M. Roberts,James Schneck Pdf

Spencer Penrose, a mining magnate, tourism developer, and philanthropist, purchased the Turkey Creek Ranch (5EP836) near Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1912. Penrose became a local ranching leader through his raising of purebred Holsteins and exotic sheep at Turkey Creek Ranch. He also kept wild animals, some of which became the basis for his Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Using the services of local high-style architects MacLaren and Thomas, Penrose built an impressive Spanish Revival style residence and numerous outbuildings at the Ranch in 1912-1913. Improvements continued at the Ranch until Penrose's death in 1939. The Turkey Creek Ranch district, which has been determined eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, consists of 8 historically significant buildings and 13 other buildings or structures.

Author : Kathryn Holliday
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781477318638

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The Open-Ended City by Kathryn Holliday Pdf

Texas Historical Commission Award of Excellence in Media Achievement, Texas Historical Commission In 1980, David Dillon launched his career as an architectural critic with a provocative article that asked “Why Is Dallas Architecture So Bad?” Over the next quarter century, he offered readers of the Dallas Morning News a vision of how good architecture and planning could improve quality of life, combatting the negative effects of urban sprawl, civic fragmentation, and rapacious real estate development typical in Texas cities. The Open-Ended City gathers more than sixty key articles that helped establish Dillon’s national reputation as a witty and acerbic critic, showing readers why architecture matters and how it can enrich their lives. Kathryn E. Holliday discusses how Dillon connected culture, commerce, history, and public life in ways that few columnists and reporters ever get the opportunity to do. The articles she includes touch on major themes that animated Dillon’s writing: downtown redevelopment, suburban sprawl, arts and culture, historic preservation, and the necessity of aesthetic quality in architecture as a baseline for thriving communities. While the specifics of these articles will resonate with those who care about Dallas, Fort Worth, and other Texas cities, they are also deeply relevant to all architects, urbanists, and citizens who engage in the public life and planning of cities. As a collection, The Open-Ended City persuasively demonstrates how a discerning critic helped to shape a landmark city by shaping the conversation about its architecture.

Author : James C. O'Connell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262314077

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The Hub's Metropolis by James C. O'Connell Pdf

The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and “smart growth.” Boston's metropolitan landscape has been two hundred years in the making. From its proto-suburban village centers of 1800 to its far-flung, automobile-centric exurbs of today, Boston has been a national pacesetter for suburbanization. In The Hub's Metropolis, James O'Connell charts the evolution of Boston's suburban development. The city of Boston is compact and consolidated—famously, “the Hub.” Greater Boston, however, stretches over 1,736 square miles and ranks as the world's sixth largest metropolitan area. Boston suburbs began to develop after 1820, when wealthy city dwellers built country estates that were just a short carriage ride away from their homes in the city. Then, as transportation became more efficient and affordable, the map of the suburbs expanded. The Metropolitan Park Commission's park-and-parkway system, developed in the 1890s, created a template for suburbanization that represents the country's first example of regional planning. O'Connell identifies nine layers of Boston's suburban development, each of which has left its imprint on the landscape: traditional villages; country retreats; railroad suburbs; streetcar suburbs (the first electric streetcar boulevard, Beacon Street in Brookline, was designed by Frederic Law Olmsted); parkway suburbs, which emphasized public greenspace but also encouraged commuting by automobile; mill towns, with housing for workers; upscale and middle-class suburbs accessible by outer-belt highways like Route 128; exurban, McMansion-dotted sprawl; and smart growth. Still a pacesetter, Greater Boston has pioneered antisprawl initiatives that encourage compact, mixed-use development in existing neighborhoods near railroad and transit stations. O'Connell reminds us that these nine layers of suburban infrastructure are still woven into the fabric of the metropolis. Each chapter suggests sites to visit, from Waltham country estates to Cambridge triple-deckers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556033410671

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Interstate 93 Improvements from Salem to Manchester, Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edward Stratemeyer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752423716

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The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch by Edward Stratemeyer Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch by Edward Stratemeyer

Author : Margaret Vandercook
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040491469

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The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge by Margaret Vandercook Pdf