CLIFF MAY RE-DESIGN

Cliff May was a California architect credited with creating the "ranch style" house in 1932. Also known as a "rambler," a "ranch" according to Wikipedia is "noted for its long, close-to-the ground profile, and wide open layout" with the goal "to create a very informal and casual living style." Other features of a "ranch" or "rambler" may include an asymmetrical rectangular, L-shaped, or U-shaped design, living areas separate from the the bedroom(s) areas, eat-in kitchen, attached garage, sliding glass doors opening onto a built-in patio, tongue and groove decking, windows with a large glass area, sometimes decorated with non-functional shutters, deep overhanging eaves, cross-gabled, side-gabled, or hip roof, and mixed material exteriors of stucco, brick, wood, and stone. Later, ranch-style houses were "increasingly built with more dramatic features like varying roof lines, cathedral ceilings, sometimes with exposed beams, sunken living rooms, and extensive landscaping and grounds."  

"BY THE 1950'S, THE RANCH HOUSE OR RAMBLER HOUSE, ACCOUNTED FOR NINE OUT OF EVERY TEN NEW HOUSES."

This experimental ranch was designed in 1952 by Cliff May as his personal residence and later redesigned by Marmol Radziner Architecture to bring it back closer to its original state after being renovated over the years.