The Lost Krisel

After a neighbor’s sharp eye pegs a south Palm Desert house as a design by William Krisel, the architect recalls drawing the plans for the property, which is on the market again.

GREG ARCHER

Replaying the Classics

Architecture enthusiasts recognize the good bones of structures built in the desert in the 1950s and 1960s — even when the structures have lost their luster cosmetically or been misguidedly altered.

JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

Déjà New

Most people don’t realize they’re familiar with the architecture of John Lautner. If you’ve seen Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, Lethal Weapon 2, or Charlie’s Angels, you’ve...

MATTHEW LINK

CAMEO - What Defines a Modern Man, Jacques Caussin?

Jacques Caussin was living in Detroit when he brought a modernism show to Palm Springs in 2001.

JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

Architecture & Design — Modern Man

Palm Springs Life interviews Robert Imber, a tireless advocate for architectural preservation for more than 25 years.

Wealth - The Art of Acquisition

No matter what you collect, experts agree passion rules when buying.

Ellen Paris

Betting on Bighorn

A self-admitted risk taker and wizard at turning the impossible into the probable, Depression-raised Hubbard sees much in life as a gamble — but only on his terms, which have proven widely...

KATHY STRONG

The Perfect Landing

Through a family connection, Desert Vintage Realty broker-owner Kay Bastasini landed the listing for a luxury oceanfront villa in the Dominican Republic that was once owned by Mansour Ojjeh, (CEO...

John Lautner’s Windsong

Beaumont police Chief Pat Smith and his wife, Glo, exhausted the real estate listings in Beaumont, Oak Glen, and Cherry Valley when they decided to check out “that other mountain”: The Highway...

By Ann Japenga

Modern Man

Donald Wexler, an icon in Palm Springs’ midcentury modern architecture, has embraced Spanish architecture for his own new residence. At the age of 85, he became the 100th resident at the Segovia...

Contain Yourself

High Desert photographer Tim Palen may be thinking outside the box, but he’s living inside of it. Actually, he lives in five cargo containers.

Editor's Letter May 2011

We talk quite a bit in the desert about quality of life, luxury, and what it all means in a real estate market that’s beginning to show some muscle.

BY STEVEN BILLER

Function & Flair

There’s a reason that even the most lavish house parties often ebb and flow in and out of the kitchen.

ELLEN PARIS

Home Is Where The Art Is

The depth and sophistication of the Annenbergs’ art collection became ever clear in the 1990s, when its heart and soul — the Impressionist and post-Impressionist works — departed Sunnylands...

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

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