THE SEA RANCH OPEN HOUSES

THE SEA RANCH OPEN HOUSES

THE SEA RANCH OPEN HOUSES

One hundred miles north of San Francisco, the Sonoma County coast meets the Pacific Ocean in a magnificent display of nature. This is the location of the Sea Ranch, an area covering several thousand acres of large, open meadows and forested natural settings and interspersed with award-winning architecture. The ecologically inspired plan drawn up for the Sea Ranch in the mid-1960s caused a quiet revolution in architecture. Renowned landscape designer Lawrence Halprin"s master plan incorporated a set of building guidelines that structured the visual, as well as physical, impact upon the landscape. Subsequent buildings by architects such as Joseph Esherick, Charles Willard Moore, Donlyn Lyndon, and William Turnbull have been recognized worldwide for their remarkable environmental sensitivity. This revised and updated edition of the now-classic monograph, the only one on the Sea Ranch, contains eleven additional projects and an updated account of the ongoing development process and land-management issues.

Review

"The publication of this comprehensive, beautifully designed and photographed record could hardly be more timely." -- Architects Journal, April 29, 2004

"This book is a handsome, thoughtful celebration of the best of what survives from the original vision." -- LA Architect, July 2004

...one of the most influential developments of the 1960"s...it"s genesis, history and present state are thoughtfully chronicled... -- The Architectural Review

THE SEA RANCH provides substantial variation on a few architectural themes and is worth studying for its details. -- Architectural Record, April 2005

The first photos...bring you right back if you"ve been lucky enough to experience this special speck of the planet. -- Society of Architectural Historians - Southern California Chapter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Donlyn Lyndon was one of the founding partners of the renowned architecture firm Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull, Whitaker (MLTW).

Jim Alinder is an internationally recognized fine-art photographer.