Aluminum became a cheap commodity after World War II, encouraging midcentury architects such as Albert Frey to experiment with its strength and surface finishes.
Buddy Carr’s Palm Springs
This lifelong skateboarder, product designer, triathlete and Italian scooter rider captures strong, shareable photography whenever he’s in Palm Springs.
Photographer Buddy Carr formed an appreciation for midcentury architecture as a youth, and captures it every time he comes to Palm Springs.
The Party is Back
With tickets set to go on sale Aug. 1, Modernism Week Fall Preview 2021 offers a full slate of in-person events including signature parties, tours, and curated experiences.
Modernism Week Fall Preview 2021 offers a full slate of in-person events including signature parties, tours, and curated experiences.
A Design for the Times
A new book about city hall architecture shines a light on Palm Springs.
Palm Springs City Hall captures the spotlight in a new book about city hall architecture as an important example of midcentury modern.
Modernism Week 2021 Outlines April Programming
After February's online salute to everything midcentury, April will offer several in-person events with an emphasis on the outdoors, self-guided, and pandemic-friendly.
After Modernism Week’s online salute to architecture in February, April will offer several in-person events with an emphasis on the outdoors.
Cabin Fever Cure
A mobile app gives a virtual tour of notable Palm Springs Modern architectural landmarks through historic images and video narrated by experts and historians.
The Palm Springs Modern mobile app gives a virtual tour of notable Palm Springs Modern architectural landmarks through historic images and video.
Pod Squad
An unusual Krisel is back in the spotlight.
The William Krisel Pod House, comprised of five interconnecting pods, is up for sale in Palm Springs. Krisel, a master of American midcentury architecture, died last year at age 92.
Timeless Beauty
Architect Donald Wexler's design receives a renovation to ensure its place in the desert landscape.
This Vintage Club home, designed by the late architectural master Donald Wexler, retains its timeless beauty thanks to a renovation.
Stroke of Genius
A tennis-loving designer serves up a revitalized William Cody villa.
Kem Theilig, a designer, and her husband, Rob, took a tired midcentury property designed by architect william Cody and transformed it into one that is, like them, contemporary and warm.
Frame of Mind
Modernism Week Fall Preview’s Framed Spaces Tour provides architectural, artistic, and aesthetic views everywhere you look.
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