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Albert Frey Was born 1903 in Switzerland. He worked under Le Corbusier in Paris before he moved 1930 to the United States. He was the first of le Corbusier's followers to build in America. With A. Lawrence Kocher, he started one of the most innovative and influential architectural partnerships in America during the early 1930s. In 1934 he came to Palm Springs to overview the building of the Kocher-Samsung Building. In 1935 he built the Movie Colony Hotel. In this project Frey started exploring the relationship between the desert climate and his architectural style. He started to establish the style known as desert modernism. His buildings in the desert where important contributions toward locating Palm Springs as a new frontier for the modern architectural spirit. Frey's work included the Guthrie House, the San Jacinto Hotel, Frey House I and Frey House II, the Raymond Loewy House, the Smoke Tree Ranch, the Lyons and the Markham House, the Sieroty House, the Benoist Guest House, Villa Hermosa and Bel Vista, numerous schools, hospitals and libararies, Palm Spring's City Hall and Salton Sea's North Shore Yacht Club, the Cree House, the Carey House, the Premiere Appartments. One of the best Frey examples is the Valley Station of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and the Tramway Gas Station which has become an icon for Palm Springs.

Richard J. Neutra  Is considered one of the world's most influential modern architects. The in 1892 in Vienna, Austria born architect was inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and created designs with extensive use of glass, allowing indoor and outdoor spaces to flow together. One of Neutra's most famous projects is the Kaufmann House he built in 1946 in Palm Springs. Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House is probably the most famous structure in the desert. A private residence, not open to the public. It has set an architectural standard for the area that still has an effect today. Now fully restored it has taken its rightful place amongst the five most important houses of the 20th century. (Falling Water, Robie House, Gropius House, Kaufman House, Gambell House) Miller House, 1937, 2311 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Kaufmann House, 1946, 470 W. Chino Canyon Road, Palm Springs. The Kaufman House is Neutras Masterpiece; the great architect and a bottomless pocket patron (Kaufman, of Falling Water Kaufman) come together in a house of unparalleled modernism and sophistication.

HIP MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE: VLADIMIR KAGAN, SONRISA, MODERNDOSE

William F. Cody Was born in 1916 in Dayton, Ohio. His first project in Palm Springs was the Del Marcos Hotel in 1947. He converted the Thunderbird Dude Ranch to the Thunderbird Country Club. This led to the designs of the Tamarisk Country Club in Rancho Mirage and the Eldorado Country Club Indian Wells. He was one of the designers of the Spa Hotel in Palm Springs and a wide variety of commercial and residential projects in Palm Springs. San Marino (Del Marcos) Motel, 1947,225 W. Baristo Road, Palm Springs Cody/Urrutia House, 1947,1950 Desert Palms Drive, Palm Springs May House, 1951,424 W. Vista Chino, Palm Springs Spa Hotel, 1959,100 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Shell Gas Station, 1964,2796 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Shapiro House, 1969,711 W Panorama Road, Palm Springs

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HIP MID-CENTURY MODERN FASHION: TRINA TURK

Stewart E. Williams  FAIA, born in 1909, was the eldest son of Harry Williams who built the historic La Plaza Shopping Center in Palm Springs. In 1946, Stewart joined his Father and his brother forming the firm Williams, Williams & Williams. His major projects were the Oasis Office Building, Coachella Savings and Loan, Santa Fe Savings Bank and the Upper Mountain Station of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. In addition to the Frank Sinatra House he has designed numerous architecturally significant private residences throughout the desert. His most significant building is the Palm Springs Desert Museum in 1976. His last project was a major expansion of the Desert Museum known as the "Steve Chase Addition"  which was designed in 1993 and completed in 1996. Frank Sinatra House, 40's, Palm Springs   Pepper tree Inn Additions, 1948, 645 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Oasis Building, 1952, 115 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Edris House, 1953, 1030 W. Cielo Drive, Palm Springs Williams House, 1956, 1250 E. Paseo El Mirador, Palm Springs Harold Hicks Real Estate Building, 1956, 1345 N. Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Hagertys, 1957,205 S. Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Santa Fe Federal Saving, 1957,400 S. Palm Canyon, Palm Springs City National Bank, 1957,588 S. Palm Canyon , Palm Springs Abernathy / Broderick House, 1962,611 N. Phillips Road, Palm Springs Coachella Valley Savings and Loan, 1965,499 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1973,1997,101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs Erik Williams House, 1988,800 W Stevens Road, Palm Springs Tramway Station (top) Potter Clinic Building 1000 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs

 

MODERN DOORS: Neoporte  MODERN KITCHEN SPACE: Poggenpohl, Scavolini

More of Albert Frey's work                    Albert Frey's  famous Raymond Loewy House     Albert Frey's work: Kocher-Samson Building, 1934,766 N. Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Guther House, 1935,666 Mel Ave., Palm Springs San Jacinto Hotel, 1935 726 North Indian Ave, Palm Springs La Siesta Court, 1936,247 W. Stevens Road, Palm Springs Kellogg Studio, 1937,321 Vereda Sur, Palm Springs Clark House, 1939,1200 Paseo El Mirador, Palm Springs Chaney Apartments, 1939,275 Tamarisk Road, Palm Springs Cathedral City Elementary School, 1940,47,51,65,Fleet St and Second Street, Cathedral City Hill House, 1940,877 Panorama Road, Palm Springs B. Johnson Bungalows ,Palm Springs Frey, Albert House #1, 1940,47,53,1150 Paseo El Mirador, Palm Springs Sieroty House, 1941,695 East Vereda Sur, Palm Springs Palm Springs Water Company, 1941,844 N. Palm Canyon Road, Palm Springs Markham House, 1941,50,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Cahuilla Elementary School, 1941,45,46,47,55,833 Mesquite Avenue, Palm Springs F. D. Johnson House, 1941,73,80,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs El Mirador Hotel; Shop interior, 1941,N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Overly House, 1941,47,68,83,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Gilmore House,1944,47,56,66,77,Smoke tree ranch, Palm Springs Vista War Housing, 1945, 1149,1179,1164 North Calle Rolph Road, Palm Springs Nichols Building, 1945,700 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Racquet Club 1945,46,47,2743 N Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Raquet Club bungalows, 1945,47,49,51,2743 North Indian Ave., Palm Springs Woolley House, 1945,856 Paseo El Mirador, Palm Springs Villa Hermosa, 1945,48,61,155 Hermosa Place, Palm Springs Colgan Apartments, 1946,269 Chuckwalla Road, Palm Springs Loewy House, 1946,600 Panorama Road, Palm Springs Lone Palm Court Addition, 1946,North Indian Avenue, Palm Springs Mc Farland Apartments, 1946,409 North Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Raquet Club Additions, 1946,47,48,50,57,61,2743 North Indian Avenue, Palm Springs Samson Office Building, 1946,760 North Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Seeburg Building, 1946,1087-91 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs Clark and Frey Office Building, 1947,879 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Dollard Office Building, 1947,687 North Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Dr. Purcell Office Building Addition, 1947,700 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Paddock Pool Co. Office & Warehouse, 1947,693 Ramon Road, Palm Springs Cortissoz House, 1948,Sahara Road, Rancho Mirage Desert Bank, 1948,68-435 East Palm Canyon Drive, Cathedral City Katherine Finchy School, 1948,777 East Tachevah Road, Palm Springs Lyons House, 1948,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Turner House, 1948, 56,68,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Tramway Station (Valley Station), 1949,End of Tramway Road off 111, Palm Spring s Turonnet Building, 1949,707-745 North Palm Canyon, Palm Springs St. Pauls in the Desert, 1949,Palm Springs Palm Springs Fire Station, 1950,Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, Palm Springs Dollard House, 1951,Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage Joy House, 1951,73-297 Grapevine Road, Palm Desert Pelletier House, 1951,73-297 Grapevine Road, Palm Desert Cahuilla Elementary Multi Purpose Building, 1952,833 Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs Palm Springs City Hall, 1952,3200 East Tahaquitz McCallum, Palm Springs Chambers House. Mr. & Mrs. Robson Chambers, 1952,Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1953,East Tahquitz Way, Palm Springs Nichols Building, 1953,891,895,897,899 North Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Cree House II, 1955,Raymond Drive, Cathederal City Cielo Vista School, 1955,650 Paseo Dorotea, Palm Springs Fire Station #1, 1955,277 Indian Avenue, Palm Springs Carey House, 1956,83,651 West Via Escula, Palm Springs Colgan Apartments Additions, 1956,269 Chuckwalla Road, Palm Springs Foursquare Gospel Church, 1957,630 Vella Road, Palm Springs Premier Apartments, 1957,261 South Belardo Road, Palm Springs Nellie Coffman Building, 1958,60,400 South Cerritos, Palm Springs North Shore Yacht Club, 1958,North Shore, Salton Sea Palm Springs High School Shop Building, 1958,2248 East Ramon Road, Palm Springs Frellinghuyser House Alterations, 1959,707 Panorama Road, Palm Springs North Shore Beach Estates (Project), 1959,North Shore, Salton Sea North Shore Beach Estates Sales Building, 1959,North Shore, Salton Sea North Shore Beach Motel, 1959,North Shore Salton Sea Alpha Beta (Ralphs), 1960,Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, Palm Springs Schiff House Addition, 1960,Raquet Club 2743 North Indian Ave. , Palm Springs Clark House Additions , 1961,65,76,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Palm Springs High School Alterations, 1961,Palm Springs Steinmeyer House, 1962,318 Pablo Drive, Palm Springs Frey, Albert House II, 1963,72,686 Palisades Drive, Palm Springs Thorton House, 1963,69,71,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Armstrong House, 1964,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Hollingsworth House, 1964,72,76,155 San Marco Way, Palm Springs F.E. Supple House, 1964,67,76,78,86,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Tramway Gas Station, 1965, 2901 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs Brennan House Additions, 1966, Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Gilmore Guest House, 1967,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Administration and Dining Room Additions, 1967,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Nichols Store Building II, 1968,1200 North Palm Canyon, Palm Springs Goldman House Addition (Albert Frey, House I, 1940), 1972,1150 El Paseo Mirador, PS Merwin House Additions, 1979,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Ryan House, 1973,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Skelton House Addition, 1976,Mountain Center Beirne House Addition, 1977,395 South Patencio Road, Palm Springs Lilley House Addition, 1977,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Phinny Guest House and Stuido, 1977,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Terhune House Addition, 1977,2300 Palermo Drive, Palm Springs House Addition, 1979,840 Prescott Drive, Palm Springs Hoffmann House additions, 1979,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Rawn House Addition, 1979,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Bryant House Addition, 1980,Smoke Tree Ranch,Palm Springs Russell House Addition, 1980,670 Palisades, Palm Springs Harpham House Addition, 1981,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Lawrence House Addition , 1983,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Russell House Alterations, 1983,660 Palisades Drive, Palm Springs Smoke Tree Ranch Office, 1983,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Yantis House Addition, 1983,296 Hermosa Place, Palm Springs Wilson House Addition, 1983,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Bauman House Alterations, 1985,1105 Cactus Drive, Palm Springs Broderick House Addition, 1985,Palm Springs Firring House Adition, 1985,2065 Tulare Drive, Palm Springs Green House Addition, 1985,Smoke Tree ranch, Palm Springs Shea House Addition, 1985,160 Ridgemore Drive, Palm Springs Tyler House Additions, 1985,Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs Mirrored Pavillion, 1986,Palm Springs Burgess House Alterations , 1986,550 W Palisades Drive, Palm Springs

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