Cliff May Homes: The Designer Who Shaped the California Ranch House
Who Cliff May was, how his ranch houses were planned around patios, the panel houses he designed with Chris Choate, his Menlo Park work, and how to check whether a house is really his.
Mid-Century Modern vs. Ranch: How to Tell California Houses Apart
Both are low, one-story postwar houses. Here is how framing, roofs, siding, windows and garages separate a Contemporary-style modern from a California tract ranch.