[2] The Ramada House was designed by Judith Chafee, FAIA (1932-1998), an architect considered a master for her contributions to architecture nationally and internationally.

The living room is set at an angle and juts out of the house with a full-height bay window that lets the viewer step into the view.

The entire house is shaded by a massive ramada, constructed of 20 round vertical poles, horizontal beams, and a lattice of closely-spaced timbers.

The elevated shade structure also channels the natural foothills breeze between the ramada and the house, thus reducing the building's heat load.

The walls of the Ramada House are made of slump block covered with mortar wash and white paint, resembling adobe.

The ramada is constructed of 20 round vertical poles, horizontal beams, and a lattice of closely-spaced 2" x 4" timbers, all pressure-treated Douglas fir.

After a year in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she accepted a position with Eero Saarinen and Associates in Connecticut where she worked on projects including Cummings Diesel in Darlington England and the international terminal for the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport.

[9] The Ramada House is significant for its association with architect Judith Chafee, who is considered a master for her contributions to architecture nationally and internationally.

It is also considered an iconic exemplar of critical regionalism, a movement that synthesized European modernist intentions with the cultural, geographic, and climatic concerns of a particular place.