09/03/2022
Architects Judith Sheine and Norman Millar have completed a new residence at Sea Ranch, California — a half-century old seaside “enclave of rugged modernist houses” designed to capture the spirit of their surroundings. Read more below.
“Thanks to two architects—and the mutual friend that connected them—this home found its perfect place within a community next to the sea. Fifty years ago, a group of young architects began planning a cluster of contemporary houses on a rugged strip of coastline north of San Francisco. The goal was to turn a ten-mile expanse of bluffs and beaches into a community where rustic second homes would blend in with the landscape. That community is now known as the famed Sea Ranch, which has become a destination for many an architectural pilgrim attracted by the pastoral modernism of its early buildings. Years later, it’s still thriving and gains 30 or so houses each year. According to Don Lyndon—one of the original Sea Ranch architects—this recently built home is “a real continuation of what we were trying to do.” For the design, homeowner Gabriel Ramirez kept in line with the commitment to community, requesting the help of two of his friends, architects Judith Sheine and Norman Millar. “We’re like a family,” says Millar, who adds that Ramirez made it clear that the architects would always be welcome in their creation.”
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