Palm Springs modern : houses in the California desert / by Adèle Cygelman ; foreword by Joseph Rosa ; photographs by David Glomb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cygelman, Adèle.

Contributor:

Glomb, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--Arid regions--California--Palm Springs.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--California--Palm Springs.

Architecture, Modern.

Buildings--California--Palm Springs.

Buildings.

Architecture, Domestic--Arid regions.

California--Palm Springs.

Physical Description:

191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1999.

Summary:

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. Palm Springs Modern examines the Impact that architects and designers have had on the desert oasis, primarily from the 1940s to the 1960s, when they created one of the most important concentrations of modernist architecture In the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-191).

ISBN:

0847820912

OCLC:

40193728