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California Ranch-style modern house. Cliff May (1903–1989) [1] was a building designer (he was not licensed as an architect until the last year of his life) practicing in California best known and remembered for developing the suburban Post-war "dream home" (California Ranch House), and the Mid-century Modern.
Cliff May (1909-1989) “A house doesn’t have to look modern to be modern,” Cliff May told the New York Times in 1986. Born in 1909, May was exposed early on to the design aesthetic that would influence his life’s work. His mother was a direct descendant of Jose Antonio Estudillo, a member of one of the prominent native California ...
Jan 23, 2013 · My Cliff May inspired design (544-1) on the Houseplans site began life as a prototype for houses I hope to eventually build for myself and others. There are actually 8 different versions of it, ranging in size from about 1,400 square feet, to the 3000 foot version you see on the site.
His earliest house designs (1932-1936) represent a romantic version with modern conveniences of “an ancient Mexican hacienda,” in the words of American Home magazine. SOHO’s home tour includes five of the first homes built by May: his first and second homes, the fourth (his first commission), and sixth home.
Cliff May, known as 'the father of the ranch house,' was an early proponent of the California style ranch house. He first built hacienda style houses in San Diego in the 1930s, then moved to Los Angeles to create some of the most widely recognized ranch-style houses in the country. His early custom ranch houses of the 1930s follow the compact ...
Welcome to SOHO's online exhibit: Cliff May's First Houses 1932-1936, Recreating an Ancient Mexican Hacienda. Cliff May probably built or influenced more architecture than any other designer to ever hail from San Diego. Assembled for viewing are the homes that represent the work of Cliff May’s formative years during which he developed his signature style.
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Oct 20, 1989 · By BURT A. FOLKART. Oct. 20, 1989 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Cliff May, who perfected the graceful yet informal single-story California ranch houses that today are home to thousands of Southern ...
