The Palm Springs Modern mobile app gives a virtual tour of notable Palm Springs Modern architectural landmarks through historic images and video.
Maximum Minimal
Steven Ehrlich’s simple and airy Ridge Mountain House disappears in, and opens to, Palm Springs’ San Jacinto Mountains.
Architect Steven Ehrlich created a simple and airy Ridge Mountain House that disappears in, and opens to, the San Jacinto Mountains in Palm Springs.
Experience Off-Grid Living
An upcoming home tour of five High Desert properties should inspire anyone interested in environmentally sustainable architecture.
The Eco Homes Tour 2019 in Joshua Tree featuring five High Desert properties should inspire anyone interested in environmentally sustainable architecture.
2019: The Year of Hugh Kaptur
His work dots the desert landscape including one building bearing his name, and this year the Palm Springs architect is getting his just due.
The work of Hugh Kaptur dots the desert landscape including one bearing his name, and this year the Palm Springs architect is getting his just due.
Kaptur Plaza Reaps Preservation Accolade
The California Preservation Foundation will present its Preservation Design Award for Restoration to Palm Springs architect Hugh Kaptur.
The California Preservation Foundation will recognize Kaptur Plaza in Palm Springs with its Preservation Design Award for Restoration in October.
Catch a Wave
An iconic home with a roller-coaster roof, designed by midcentury architect Walter S. White, will be auctioned during Modernism Week.
Known as the Wave House for its striking wave-shaped roof, the Miles C. Bates house in Palm Desert will be open to the public for a pair of free tours during Modernism Week.
Hall of Fame
An international architect brought vision, style, and artistic living to this fairway gem at The Vintage Club.
With a home that masterfully encompasses stunning views from every angle, the late architect Jon Jerde shaped a legacy like none other at The Vintage Club.
Modernism Week Offers Early Peek at 2018 Events
Before tickets go on sale Nov. 1, fans can peruse the website for what's new for 2018.
For the first time, fans of Modernism Week’s signature February festival can begin perusing the events online starting today (Oct, 25) at modernismweek.com before tickets officially go on sale at noon (PST) Nov. 1. Modernism Week, set for Feb. 15-25, 2018, highlights midcentury modern architecture, art, interior and landscape design, and vintage culture in Greater Palm Springs. For the thirteenth year,
Into the Frey
Inseparable from its architects, a historic home blushes pink and turns heads.
There is little remarkable about an established interior designer buying an architecturally significant home. It happens all the time. In this case, however, we’re talking about Atlanta-based Bill Stewart, who in 2016 purchased a Old Las Palmas estate and teed up a seven-month renovation. He added subtle, modern updates to the 1964 structure. Original plans by Albert Frey and Robson
Step Back to 1964
A new Modernism Week Fall Preview event celebrates a cul-de-sac of Krisel homes, plus vintage cars.
Modernism Week is all about nostalgia, so it’s no surprise that one of its new counterpart events during Modernism Week Fall Preview in October aims to take its audience back to 1964. Newly expanded this year, Fall Preview offers four days of teaser events (Oct. 19-22) to whet the modernist appetite before the 11-day international architectural festival hits town in