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Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs retreat is renovated with nostalgic 1960s interiors
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Seattle’s art deco Asian Art Museum gains a modern extension
LMN Architects brings the Seattle Asian Art Museum into the 21st century with a modern glass and sandstone extension that makes a surprisingly seamless addition to an iconic art deco institution at the heart of public culture in the Pacific North West region
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Ship shape: nautical modernism takes to the trees in a Highgate house
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Ripple effect: the Palm Springs hotels making waves
There must be something about all that sunshine and blue-on-blue sky, but Palm Springs has long lured a particular tribe of traveller – savvy, design-conscious, and fastidious about their choice of lodgings. Aiding the cause is the area’s haul of classic mid-century architecture, many of which, thanks to generous proportions and outdoor spaces, have been successfully co-opted or refurbished as bright and cheerful hotels.
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The architects who built Palm Springs: E. Stewart Williams
Most influential in the realm of public and cultural life, Williams’ (1909-2005) legacy can be seen all over town. He’s the architect behind the Palm Springs Art Museum (1976) and the Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan building (1960) and the Aerial Tramway Station (1963) – a refuge for hikers and wildlife lovers, 2,600m above the town in the San Jacinto Mountains
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The architects who built Palm Springs: Hugh Kaptur
Inspired by midcentury aesthetics and philosophy, some of Kaptur’s (b. 1931) most famous commissions include homes for actors Steve McQueen (1964) and William Holden (1956). While Kaptur played with local vernacular and Spanish heritage, he always merged his influences with the International Style’s teachings.
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Pleasure island: the decadent interiors of Australia’s first lady of modernist design
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Space, light, structure: the jewellery of Margaret de Patta
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RIBA goes beyond Bauhaus with its latest exhibition in London
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Country life: celebrating the rich creative cache of Sussex modernists
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The rustic allure of Brazil modern design gets a new French audience
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Lucy Williams exhibition at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
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Modern architecture in LA: a sneak preview of a new exhibition programme
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Designer Sophie Goineau refreshes midcentury Beverly Hills home
Interior designer Sophie Goineau leads the redesign of Cove Way, the restoration of a midcentury modernist house in Beverly Hills
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A 1930s Melbourne duplex is transformed into a richly layered contemporary home
Architecture journalist and Wallpaper* contributor Stephen Crafti welcomes us into his newly renovated home in Melbourne to explore its pavilion-like extension
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Peter Womersley's High Sunderland restored by Loader Monteith
Young architecture studio Loader Monteith restores Peter Womersley's High Sunderland, a house designed for textile designers Bernat and Margaret Klein in the Scottish Borders
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Minimalist office pops up at London brutalist icon the Smithson Tower
ConForm Architects creates minimalist office at London’s Smithson Tower, uniting brutalist architecture, modernism and a comfortable, almost domestic working environment
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Balkrishna Doshi exhibition opens at Vitra Design Museum
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Palm Springs house makes the perfect 21st-century retreat
Los Angeles architects Woods + Dangaran reveal Desert Palisades, a minimalist, contemporary family retreat in Palm Springs
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A Prague exhibition celebrates the life and work of an unsung hero of Israeli architecture
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Sub set: a new exhibition traces African modernist architecture
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Sun, fun and architecture at Palm Springs Modernism Week 2022
Palm Springs Modernism Week is back with an extended 2022 edition that promises exciting events, elegant buildings and design inspired by the desert California landscapes
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Remarkable modernist houses for sale in Los Angeles
From mid-century bungalows to coveted Case Study-inspired houses, Los Angeles is the home of show-stopping modernist homes; here, we trawled the internet for the finest examples on the market, so you don't have to
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Preston Bus Station wins WMF/Knoll Modernism Prize 2021
The World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize 2021 goes to John Puttick Associates for the studio's work on the Preston Bus Station in the UK
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1960s Futuro House hosts sci-fi sleepovers in Somerset
Futuro House, the sci-fi, 1960s pod design of Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, has been transported to Marston Park in Somerset, UK – and now you can even stay there
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Travel to Palm Springs by joining the virtual tour of Wave House
A digital tour now allows virtual tourists to visit the Wave House in Palm Springs, a Modernist residence by Walter S. White for artist Miles C. Bates that has been recently restored by Stayner Architects
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Greek modernism and more celebrated during inaugural Athens Design Forum
The inaugural Athens Design Forum invites visitors inside one of the works of Greek modernist Aristomenis Provelengios – the current home of architect Dionisis Sotovikis
