Architecture & Design

Architect Charles L. Martin--The Brutal Truth

No, Not THAT Walter White

Rear View Mirror: The Maslon House

In the early 1960s, Samuel and Luella Maslon, noted art collectors, bought a home on Fairway Drive at Tamarisk Country Club on the 12th fairway. They chose architect Richard Neutra to design a house on the 1.5-acre lot.

Desert Designers Get Legit

“It’s taken several years for me to figure out this book,” Alan Hess says. His previous 20 books on architecture range from studies of atomic age-inspired Googie architecture of Southern California in the 1950s and ’60s to the home designs of Frank L

The Cody Collectors

If a Cody is in need, Michael Johnston and David Zippel will come to the rescue.

Cody’s World

Mid-century desert modernist architect William F. Cody and the desert home he designed for his own family, remembered by his daughter

Lloyd Wright’s High Desert City

Palm Springs Modernism Week celebrates the Institute of Mentalphysics’ Joshua Tree Retreat Center and its rare collection of Lloyd Wright architecture.

From Sea to Sand: Howard Hawkes and Kevin Kemper are the design duo behind H3K

On their very first visit to the desert, the founders of the design firm, H3K, expected to just stay the weekend. Now, they’re going on twenty years.

The Other Side of Utopia

Though Harry Styles may be the marquee name attached to Don’t Worry Darling, the real star is the architecture of Palm Springs.

Lisa Vossler Smith: Modern Woman

Lisa Vossler Smith’s roots in the desert and long track record in the Coachella Valley Art and Culture scene makes her a perfect fit for Modernism Week’s CEO.