03 — ReferenceMovement
Desert modernism
1940–1969
A regional strand of modernist building in the desert around Palm Springs, California, from the 1940s to the 1960s: flat or folded roof planes with deep overhangs, glass walls, and planting and pools handled as part of the plan.
Buildings
- Frey House II
Palm Springs · 1964
Architects
The people behind the work listed here, rather than a roll call of the movement — everyone below has a building or a piece of furniture in this reference.
- Albert FreySwiss-American · 1903–1998
Closest in the studio
Not descendants of it — the styles here that come nearest, if you want to try a room in this direction.