Casa California: Spanish-Style Houses from Santa Barbara to San ClementeThe Spanish style architecture of Southern California's seaside estates, canyon villas, and courtyard bungalows is central to its romantic image, one that has traditionally evoked a Mediterranean paradise. The details of this inexhaustively rich style ornate wrought iron and wood balconies, colorful tiles, graceful arches, and palm dotted gardens reflect the region's Spanish, Mexican, and southwestern history and culture as well as its popular outdoor