SUNSET
WESTERN RANCH HOUSES (1ST Ed, 1946) PLANS ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPING
DESIGNS
LANE PUBLISHING HARDBOUND BOOK
BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF SUNSET MAGAZINE IN COLLABORATION WITH CLIFF MAY (NO
DUSTJACKET) FIRST PRINTING SEPTEMBER 1946 (160 PAGES)
The classic illustrated guide
showing the historical beginnings of the comfortable, straightforward mid-century
style that would soon be adapted into American domestic architecture nationwide
in the Post-War period.
What is a Ranch House?
The History of Ranch Houses in
San Diego and other regions
What does the Ranch House
history mean to today’s home builder?
Planning for livable space
Landscaping the Ranch House
The Ranch House in Mexico
The Corredor has many functions
The Garden as an inside room
The unmistakable heritage
Building around the Patio
City Lots and patios
The Garden Gate is the front
door
Where there is room, let the
house ramble
The house spreads out to get a
view
Creating spaciousness by the
division of space
Placing below the brow of a hill
Spreading out like an oak tree
Hillsides and covered
passageways
Ranch Houses in the Northern
Country
Glass, solid walls & oak
trees
The “place in the country”
On a hillside contour
Space and budgets
Its easy to expand the Ranch
House
A covered passageway adds living
space
An apartment on the ground level
Fitting a Ranch House on to a
one half acre
A Five-room house with a big
ranch look
How to get country living in the
city
Clean lines become the ranch
house
Old materials used with
simplicity
Three-room house – all wood
Turn the Living Room to the Sun
There should be no “front” or “back”
Adding Living Space
A 2-room house with a 5-room
Garden
Using Glass
The living space as a
combination of indoor and outdoor space
A Ranch House Plan on a 60-ft
lot
Adobe
Room for 8 guests or a family of
8
A week-end stay Ranch House
A Ranch House as a Duplex
Possibilities
Accommodating the Horses
(stables and barns)
Board and Batten
Direct & Honest Solutions
Natural Circulation
Radiant Heat
Natural Lighting
