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 retirement community in Palm Desert.
The Quiet Elegance of Donald Wexler
A museum retrospective celebrates the classicism of a Palm Springs midcentury architecture pioneer
Steve (Stephen) Chase Q&A on Lifestyle
Slender and tanned, prematurely gray at age 38, interior designer Stephen Chase has already received a generous share of international recognition. His work has won numerous design awards and appears frequently in publications like “Architectural Digest.”
A Look Back
The Raymond Loewy Home
The Raymond Loewy Home – As construction progressed this season on the Loewy home, people began to hear of the spectacular and exciting design embodied in the dwelling; and the house soon became the talk of the town.
Out of the Shadow
Photographer Leland Y. Lee
Photographer Leland Y. Lee, who worked with icons of modernist architecture and design, returns to Palm Springs as the subject of a gallery exhibition.
Revisiting the Kaufmann House
The delicate art of marketing Palm Springs’ most-famous house
It’s like being in Switzerland: You want to see the Matterhorn,” says Crosby Doe, a veteran salesman of architecturally significant houses. And when in Palm Springs, he adds, “You want to see the Kaufmann Desert House.”
Revisiting Modernism – Christopher Georgesco
A Desert Hot Springs artist sees his work as an extension of his architect father, architect Haralamb Georgescu
Wealth — Modernism as an Investment
Architecturally significant houses require special consideration
Eric Ellenbogen spent two years painstakingly restoring the William Cody-designed midcentury modern Abernathy House. “This restoration was both a labor of love and insanity. Yet I would do it again,” he says. “You must really admire the work of your architect in order to do the restoration correctly.”
Daring Design
The Elrod House epitomizes John Lautner’s go-for-broke philosophy
An apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright early in his career, John Lautner eschewed the cool, severe geometry of his midcentury minimalist peers. Instead, he spent a lifetime as an iconoclast, alternately overlooked or miscast by critics. Several of his best-known projects — including the iconic Googie coffee shop on Sunset Boulevard — have been wrongly celebrated as Atomic Age or Hollywood kitsch.
The Great Escape
Steve McQueen made Hugh Kaptur’s Southridge house his own
Steve McQueen made Hugh Kaptur’s Southridge house his own