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.
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Added by pamgrange on April 3, 2009
Kwa mpango wake wa wazi wa archetypal na heshima ya kuishi ndani na nje, nyumba ya Ranch iko katika moyo wa ndoto ya California. "Wakati tunafikiria nyumba za ""California Ranch"" - nyumba za chini, za kawaida ambazo zilijaa vitongoji baada ya Vita Kuu ya Pili - tunafikiria sehemu moja tu ya jambo ambalo lina mizizi yake katika mashamba ya mapema ya karne ya kumi na tisa, na ambayo inaendelea leo katika nyumba ambazo ni za kushangaza na za kisasa." Mifano ya aina hiyo imeitwa rancho, ranchers, na California ramblers. Vimeitwa Kihispania, Kijapani, na Kifaransa; Monterey na Kimataifa; Lugha ya Kijamii, Minimalist, na Modernist. Kuanzia kwa nyumba ya zamani ya Long Beach ya 1797 hadi nyumba za kisasa kama vile Miller Residence ya Corte Madera, Nyumba za Ranch zinaonyesha aina kubwa na mifano bora zaidi ya fomu hii ya hali ya juu. "Kujumuisha kazi ya wasanifu kama vile Cliff May, Richard Neutron, John Lautner, na Charles Moore, ""Ranch Houses"" ni rasilimali muhimu kwa wasanifu, wamiliki wa nyumba, na wale wote ambao wanajitahidi kwa mtindo wa maisha wa ndani na nje ambayo ni ndoto ya California." "Kampuni ya ""Kipengele cha Kivutio"" (Kipengele cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio cha Kivutio."