Modernism Week offers quite an array of tours during its 11-day run in February (16-26) to many of the architectural gems in Greater Palm Springs.
But if you want to be in the driver’s seat of your own tours, we have compiled a list of buildings that are must-sees.
1. Tramway Gas Station
(now Palm Springs Visitors Center)
1965 by Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers
2901 N. Palm Canyon Drive
PHOTO BY BRENT R. HARRIS
2. Kaufmann House
(site of photographer Slim Aarons’ world famousPoolside Gossip photograph)
1964 by Richard Neutra
470 W. Vista Chino Road
PHOTO COURTESY OF PALM SPRINGS LIFE ARCHIVES
3. Coachella Valley Savings and Loan
(now Chase Bank)
1960 by E. Stewart Williams
499 S. Palm Canyon Drive
PHOTO BY DAVID A. LEE
4. Alexander Steel Homes
Racquet Club Road Estates
1961 by Donald Wexler
Enter at Simms Road
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF THE SHOPS AT THIRTEEN FORTY FIVE
5. Howard Hicks Real Estate
(now The Shops at Thirteen Forty-Five)
1955 by E. Stewart Williams
1345 N. Palm Canyon Drive
PHOTO BY JAY JORGENSEN
6. House of Tomorrow
(commonly known as Elvis Presley’s
Honeymoon Hideaway)
1962 by William Krisel
1350 Via Ladera Circle
7. Del Marcos Hotel
1947 by William F. Cody
225 W. Baristo Road
PHOTO BY DAVID A. LEE
PHOTO COURTESY OF PALM SPRINGS LIFE ARCHIVES
8. Palm Springs City Hall
1957 by Albert Frey, John Porter Clark,
and Robson C. Chambers
3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
PHOTO BY JULIUS SHULMAN & JUERGEN NOGAI/© JUERGEN NOGAI
9. Dinah Shore Estate
(owned by Leonardo DiCaprio)
1964 by Donald Wexler
432 W. Hermosa Place
PHOTO BY JAKE HOLT
10. Tropics Hotel
(now Caliente Tropics)
1964 by developer Ken Kimes
411 E. Palm Canyon Drive
PHOTO BY DAVID A. LEE
11. L’Horizon Palm Springs
1952 by William F. Cody
1050 E. Palm Canyon Drive
PHOTO BY TOM O’CONNELL
12. Frank Sinatra’s Twin Palms Estate
1957–1959 by William Krisel
Between Camino Real, La Jolla, and Twin Palms roads
PHOTO COURTESY OF PALM SPRINGS LIFE ARCHIVES
13. Santa Fe Federal Savings and Loan
(Now Architecture and Design Center)
1961 by E. Stewart Williams
300 S. Palm Canyon Drive
PHOTO BY JAKE HOLT
14. Edris House
1954 by E. Stewart Williams
1030 W. Cielo Drive