Cliff May Ranchos

Doug Kramer's Rancho Style is a celebration of the designer Cliff May, known as the father of California ranch house. In his lifetime, he designed approximately 18,000 tract homes and more than 1000 custom homes throughout the United States.   >More about Cliff May

Rancho Style is also a tribute to the homeowners of the Long Beach Ranchos, whose growing appreciation and respect for Cliff May's architecture and aesthetic is helping to keep the original qualities of light and openness alive in these classic midcentury homes.   >View the photo gallery

Are you interested in buying or selling a Cliff May home? Doug Kramer is the recognized real estate specialist in the Long Beach Ranchos who appreciates the unique qualities of these homes.  >View homes for sale

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Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch

January 2012 - June 2012: University of California, Santa Barbara
The exhibition will concentrate on the modernization of the ranch tradition and its transition from a low-slung luxury recollection of historic adobe, brick, tile, and stucco, to the modest wood and glass tract house of the forties, to the near-minimal system-built ranches May designed and sold in the late 1950s. Details here.

Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House celebrates May’s work, from the 1930s to his iconic modern ranches of the 1950s and beyond. Four homes in the Long Beach Ranchos are prominently featured. Highly recommended!