Vintage "Cliff May homes" brochure from 1953. Cliff May "The Father of the California Ranch Home" designed many unique homes here in Cali...
From stunningly gorgeous and utopian to cold and soulless, there are probably as many opinions about modernist buildings as there are people in the world. In the eternal discussion about whether function or form is more important, the balance might arguably be skewed in favor of the former when we talk about modernism, the architectural style that dominated much of the 20th century. Though who’s to say that modernism doesn’t allow for beauty and balance?
We have an old hacienda-style house with open-beam ceilings, that surrounds a completely enclosed courtyard. For years, people, including many architects, have told us we have a Cliff May house. I saw a sketch of a 1932 Cliff May spec house in a book & noticed that it looked a lot like our house. I then flipped the image horizontally & saw that it is substantially identical to our house. 1932 Cliff May spec house & mirror image original sketch: mirrored sketch: image from CAREFREE CALIFORNIA: CLIFF MAY AND THE ROMANCE OF THE RANCH HOUSE Comparing the mirrored 1932 sketch with our house, the similarities jump out more than the differences. (The home originally had a shake roof, but was recently replaced with composition shingle) below pic shows the original brick driveway (since replaced with stamped concrete) For some perspective on the time that our house was built, see it in this 1936 aerial photo. (the barn formerly in the back is gone - only the original poured foundation remains) And then a photo from the 1950s: The original Building Inspection, dated 9/20/1935, was found nailed onto the garage wall behind the water heater: Links To Blog Posts: 1. Discovering a Cliff May Home | 2. Comparing to known Cliff May designs | 3. Olive Tree | 4. Floor Plan | 5. Backyard Brick Path and Clothesline | 6. Pine Tree | 7. Driveway & Mechanic's Pit | 8. Wild Parrots | 9. Misc Pics
This incredible cliff home is perched 200 feet above an expansive stretch of green along the Arabian Sea coast, in India, designed by Khosla Associates.
Quizá no sea lo más cómodo y, a juzgar por las espectaculares imágenes, probablemente lo más seguro tampoco.
If you’ve ever wanted to live life on the edge, you’ll love this round up of adventurous cliff homes, perched atop precipices.
With a roof that folds down to touch the ground, this small home in Norway, designed by Lund Hagem, appears to be built straight into the rock.
Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.
Ink on paperCliff May Papers, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & ArchitectureMuseum, University of California, Santa Barbara © UC Regents
Mit dem Cliff House von Modscape bekommt der Begriff “ein Haus in den Bergen” eine komplett neue Bedeutung, auch wenn es hier wohl eher “ein Haus seitlich an einer Klippe” heißen sollte. Mit fünf Stockwerken kommt diese Crib an der Südwest-Küste von Victoria in Australien (in der Nähe von Portland) daher, auf welchen Garage, Wohnzimmer, Essbereich und Küche, insgesamt 3... Weiterlesen
With a roof that folds down to touch the ground, this small home in Norway, designed by Lund Hagem, appears to be built straight into the rock.
A small seaside holiday shelter, the house designed by Norwegian studio Lund Hagem stands at the back of a cliff, offering the dramatic surroundings outside...
"The task has been to integrate the house within the magnificent landscape that surrounds it and to direct the livable spaces towards the sea," said architects Gil and Bartolomé to Dezeen. "The form of the house and the metallic roof produces a calculated aesthetic ambiguity between the natural and the artificial, between the skin of
With a roof that folds down to touch the ground, this small home in Norway, designed by Lund Hagem, appears to be built straight into the rock.
Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.
Ink on paperCliff May Papers, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & ArchitectureMuseum, University of California, Santa Barbara © UC Regents
In designing this project, we consoled two structures in the form of a core from the cliff, and the house is connected to these two structures like a bridge, and the reason for the distance of the house from the rock is ventilation and natural light from the side of the rock.
Mit dem Cliff House von Modscape bekommt der Begriff “ein Haus in den Bergen” eine komplett neue Bedeutung, auch wenn es hier wohl eher “ein Haus seitlich an einer Klippe” heißen sollte. Mit fünf Stockwerken kommt diese Crib an der Südwest-Küste von Victoria in Australien (in der Nähe von Portland) daher, auf welchen Garage, Wohnzimmer, Essbereich und Küche, insgesamt 3... Weiterlesen
moscow-based kerimov architects have designed a single-story house on a cliff, situated in algarve, portugal.
In designing this project, we consoled two structures in the form of a core from the cliff, and the house is connected to these two structures like a bridge, and the reason for the distance of the house from the rock is ventilation and natural light from the side of the rock.
With a roof that folds down to touch the ground, this small home in Norway, designed by Lund Hagem, appears to be built straight into the rock.
Cliff House is a modern house design for a new build coastal home in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall. Modern House Interior Design. London & UK
A small seaside holiday shelter, the house designed by Norwegian studio Lund Hagem stands at the back of a cliff, offering the dramatic surroundings outside...
"The task has been to integrate the house within the magnificent landscape that surrounds it and to direct the livable spaces towards the sea," said architects Gil and Bartolomé to Dezeen. "The form of the house and the metallic roof produces a calculated aesthetic ambiguity between the natural and the artificial, between the skin of
Blog post at Spot Cool Stuff: Travel : Spot Cool Stuff loves a good cliff-side town. There's something about them that's romantic, daring and a little impossible. Here are five of[..]
Cliff May — Father of the modern day ranch house After our initial discovery of 8 historical plans inspired by Cliff May and now available on houseplans.com, Daniel Gregory, Ph.D., editor-in-chief, was kind enough to connect me with one of the Cliff May inspired home designers — Steven Murphy. Steven was more than happy to…
An Australian company specialising in prefabricated housing has unveiled a concept for a modular residence that would hang off the side of a cliff.
