Home & Design Archive

Design of the Times - Third in an eight-part series

Beyond the pink walls denoting Sunnylands, a 21st century visitor center reflects the sensibilities of the estate’s former residents — Walter and Leonore Annenberg

BY JOAN PAGE McKENNA

'Grand' Reserve

The Reserve stirs up a feeling of ultimate serenity in its harmonious coexistence with nature. Palo verde, brittlebush, desert willow, creosote, beavertail cactus, and other indigenous vegetation border more than 26 miles of walking and hiking trails. Lakes sparkle like diamonds in the sun, while streams meander in a whisper beneath stone bridges. Glorious mountain vistas greet nearly every view.

JAN SILVER MAGUIRE

PSST - Harry Newman Thinks Outside the Square

This puzzle set Harry Newman on his life’s path when he was a boy: Connect a square of nine dots with four lines without raising your pencil off the paper.

By Janice Kleinschmidt

The Quiet Elegance of Donald Wexler

A museum retrospective celebrates the classicism of a Palm Springs midcentury architecture pioneer

BY MORRIS NEWMAN

Editor's Letter February 2011

In this issue, Palm Springs Life celebrates modernism, with the cover story, “The Quiet Elegance of Donald Wexler,” which profiles the architect who’s the subject of a new Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition

BY STEVEN BILLER

The Elegant Ashtray

Palm Desert store offers functional art: a $4,000 ashtray from esteemed designer Vladymir Rogov’s Desk Architecture collection.

By Mona de Crinis

Flying High on the Mesa

Beyond the pretty face, one sees the approachable personality that architect Tom Jakway achieves inside and outside of the house he built for himself in 2007.

LINDA L. MEIERHOFFER

Living Inside the Art

Art collectors typically live with paintings and works on paper. Most at least consider owning sculpture. Others go further by purchasing and maintaining space-invading artwork.

VERONICA FERNANDEZ

The Green Green Grass of Home

Attention, ardent golfer: Perhaps it’s time to shelve that cup you’ve been putting toward in your home office. If you’re serious about continually improving your score, consider a personal putting green.

Fresh Kitchens

The days of the biggest and the best no longer rank No. 1 on homeowners’ wish lists for new kitchens.

BY ELLEN PARIS