Palm Springs Modern: Houses in the California Desert (Rizzoli Classics)

by Adele Cygelman, Joseph Rosa, and David Glomb

Adele Cygelman, Joseph Rosa (Foreword), and David Glomb (Photographer)

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This classic volume, now available at a lower price, showcases jet-set homes designed by the likes of Neutra, Frey, Lautner, and others. Palm Springs is famous as a mecca for the international jet set. But the city has also attracted its share of eccentrics and mavericks who have left an architectural legacy that remains unsurpassed for its originality and international influence. This book examines the impact that architects and designers have had on the desert oasis, primarily from the 1940s to the 1960s. Palm Springs Modern features examples of mid-century modernism at its most glamorous, some of them the residences of prominent figures who commissioned weekend getaways in the desert, including Frank Sinatra, Walter Annenberg, and Raymond Loewy. Adele Cygelman's insightful text, a foreword by architectural historian Joseph Rosa, contemporary colour photography by David Glomb, and the celebrated archival black-and-white work of Julius Shulman all capture the distinctly modern allure of America's famed desert playground.
  • ISBN10 0847844102
  • ISBN13 9780847844104
  • Publish Date 17 February 2015 (first published 1 January 1999)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Rizzoli International Publications