In the summer of 1959, the Alexander Construction Company brought its successful formula for building residential homes to Palm Springs.
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
A Spy in the House of Love
Embrace a residence that both reveals time and transcends it.
The call came one day in 2009. Los Angeles–based art dealer Kay Richards phoned her other half, Cooper Layne. “Coop, you’ve got to come to Palm Springs and see this house.” Drawn to the desert as well as the home’s architectural pedigree and potential, the couple knew this diamond in the rough was seduction in the making. Built in 1959