CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 4/7/2026

A West Coast Modern respite for meditation and play in 'The Sea Ranch'

“And the basic notion is that we would respect the land. We would put people on the land in a way that they were inconspicuous. We would build architecture that was not architectonic, that seemed natural in this place. Contemporary architecture, but . . . not destination architecture. And we weren’t going to build a recreational community for destination and play, but a meditative—a quiet, meditative community for ‘just folks,’ as I called them. Not special folks, just folks.” Back in print at last, The Sea Ranch: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism is the definitive and beloved monograph on Alfred Boeke’s pioneering 1960s master-planned community, built on a craggy, 10-mile stretch of Northern California coastline.