It has been said that the Ranch House is a twentieth-century invention of the American West. Its trademark rustic appearance –- often with broad porches, shake roofs, and rambling floor plans -– conjured a nostalgic image of rural living that encouraged people to believe they weren’t just buying a house, they were buying a lifestyle. […]

Southern Californians sensed that the astonishing future they had eagerly anticipated since the 1920s had finally arrived in the 1960s. The boom of the 1950s had been the launching pad; by 1964 California became the largest state in the union; its aerospace, oil, electronics, tourist, and entertainment industries dominated the nation; its economy became one […]

One of Modernism’s unsung heroes, Greta Magnusson Grossman was one of the few female professionals to play an integral role in the Los Angeles Modern movement...