Esherick MiniMod

05/08/2024

Thanks for everything, Bobbie. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon 1928-2024

03/07/2023

10 miles of unspoiled coastline along The Sea Ranch is yours.

02/23/2023

The Mini-Mod #3 gets a dusting of snow. 📷 .lietzow

02/04/2023

Can you imagine the sound of the waves crashing?

01/24/2023

Early master plan from 1964. This plan best show’s Al Boeke’s vision for a New Town, working with Halprin, Esherick and the MLTW team to create a development that “advocated the needs of residents over corporate profits and dense development which could lead to congestion.”

Quote from Wikipedia.
Image from Journey to the Sea Ranch.

01/13/2023

Barrell Residence, Don Jacobs Architect, The Sea Ranch. Photos from “Houses from the West”, a book published by Architectural Record in 1979.

01/05/2023

As this epic storm passes, the cleanup at The Sea Ranch begins. We are looking forward to having these last few days in the rear view Midori. The Sea Ranch is still without electricity, and reports are that many roads, inside and outside of TSR are blocked with downed trees.
We are truly grateful to our first responders, and to our valued staff at the Association who have helped to keep us all safe.

12/25/2022

I think Balthazar’s favorite walk is through the cypress hedgerows.

12/24/2022

Happy Holidays from Mini-Mod #3 at The Sea Ranch.

12/13/2022

The winter is our favorite time to visit, when the storms leave The Sea Ranch looking especially verdant. We have weekend bookings available in late January.

11/15/2022

The early sunsets and the brisk weather are welcome signs that Autumn has arrived at The Sea Ranch. It’s easily our favorite season, filled with migrating humpbacks shooting their telltale waterspouts into the air, wild mushrooms popping up after the rains, and a toasty wood fire going in the fireplace.

10/30/2022

Early Sea Ranch style, on display in the Homsey Cabin from 1967.

10/19/2022

Seventeen of popular Binker Barns designed by MLTW/Moore, Turnbull were built at The Sea Ranch. According to the TSR historical marker, they are named after local realtor “Snap” Binker, “who conceived of the idea of providing lot owners with a stock plan usable for various Sea Ranch sites.” The Mini-Mod was intended as the more affordable design of the same marketing idea. Imagine getting an Esherick or MLTW/Turnbull design free with your lot purchase!

10/09/2022

Images from Larry Halprin of the original Supergraphics in the Moonraker Women’s changing room (prior to the remodel in the 1970’s).

10/03/2022

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
San Francisco Museum of Art program guide, October 1969

09/20/2022

“I [had gone] to Thomas Swan & Sons, a sign painting shop on Mission Street…. I selected basic bull’s-eye colors from a One-Shot Lettering Enamel color chart, the colors used by Constructivist revolutionaries, the basic “anti-decorative” colors of the De Stijl Neo-Plastic painters and New York comic book artists—black, white, yellow, blue, and red. The shapes were kept simple, geometric, and hard-edged. The colors always pure, straight out of the can.” Barbara Stauffacher Solomon

09/18/2022

Our favorite time to be exploring the forest is in the rain.

08/15/2022

At , we are often asked to reproduce the magic of the Mini-Mod. For us, the magic happens in the variety of spaces- the grand spaces, and the intimate spaces. Space that is connected, and space that is separate. Space that frames a view, and space that protects you from being on view. In a footprint that’s no bigger than two parking spaces, there’s such a variety of experiences, all done with such efficiency.

08/09/2022

08/09/2022

I don’t think I’ve ever really studied the drawings. I want is to have a Negroni next to the wood stove in the original lounge, with those epic views up the coast.

07/31/2022

We love Esherick’s design of the original Sales Office, Restaurant and General Store that grew into the current Lodge with an addition by Al Boeke. Which do you prefer?

07/14/2022

We hear that Thursday is the new Friday. Who’s headed to The Sea Ranch?

06/15/2022

Esherick’s office in North Beach.

05/29/2022

6/10-13 (2 night minimum) & 6/21-6/26 (3 night minimum) are available.

05/20/2022

Mini-Mod #1

04/26/2022

1964 proposal for multiple condominium units by MLTW. Black point is on the left, with the furthest condo on the right being located just past Stone Crop Reach. What would it be like if The Sea Ranch had more condominium units?

04/07/2022

“Human needs shall not be used as an excuse for mediocre design”. Robert Marquis FAIA. Sea Ranch Soundings.

03/29/2022

The Sea Ranch of the 1960’s. Conforming exteriors that blend into the landscape, which belies bold, expressive interiors, full of individualism. Trusdale Residence, MLTW 1966. Restoration by TGH.

03/25/2022

We see you, just barely.

03/18/2022

Hello from the edge of the world —at least that’s how it seems to us.