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Hair master: Reverie’s minimalist offering achieves maximum results
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Last chance to see: Helen Pashgian, ‘Presences’ at Site Santa Fe
Art icon Helen Pashgian’s optically majestic sculptures are a lesson in perception, as featured in the April 2022 issue of Wallpaper*. Pashgian’s solo exhibition ‘Presences’ at Site Santa Fe runs until 27 March 2022
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Power packed: Odacité creates potent Vitamin C serum
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Palm Springs Modernism Week 2015: The Coachella valley’s mid-century Mecca comes of age
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Inner reflections: new works by Lita Albuquerque invoke introspection in LA
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Art angel: Porch Gallery opens an inaugural group show in honour of Carolyn GlasoeB
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Chris Shaw transforms the Californian desert into an otherworldly plane
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The architects who built Palm Springs: William Pereira
While contributing only a few seminal projects to Palm Springs, Pereira (1909-85) defined the town’s rich architectural heritage. Pereira’s most famous scheme in the area is arguably Palm Spring’s J. W. Robinson’s Department Store, a large-scale structure in the centre of town, on South Palm Canyon Drive.
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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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Empty house: Carmen Argote delves into family history for her latest exhibition
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Modernist houses for sale in sunny California
Few places capture the public imagination like California. The Golden State on the American West Coast is the stuff of myth, movie and modernism; and these modernist houses – which are currently up for sale – could be just the excuse to make the move
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Desert home strikes a balance between modernism and nature
High Desert Retreat by Aidlin Darling Design is a desert home that negotiates crisp modernism and clean geometries within an arid, natural setting
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Tim Street-Porter’s photo diary of modernist marvels in Palm Springs
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Jory Brigham's furniture pairs mid-century craft with 70s colour
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Desert X returns to the Coachella Valley
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John Pawson reveals latest residential offering in Los Angeles
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Tour a secret Palm Springs modernist icon, the Racquet Club Cottages West
During this year's Palm Springs Modernism Week visitors can explore William F. Cody's Racquet Club Cottages West, a residential complex including 54 original cottages, set within a wider campus frequented in the past by the likes of Clarke Gable and Frank Sinatra. Now privately owned by individuals, the villas are lovingly kept and preserved by the community of modernism enthusiasts: ‘The Cottages evoke the romance of the ‘old Palm Springs' like no other property in the desert,’ says one of them
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Four architects on the influence of Palm Springs
Many contemporary architects working today have been inspired by the modernist architecture of Palm Springs. Modernism Week brings them back to the desert town for a series of events that focus on the work of contemporary architects from restorations and renovations, to obsessions and design expressions
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Painting architecture: Tommy Fitzpatrick’s fractured modernist visions
Tommy Fitzpatrick’s new series of electric-hued architectural paintings capture the American artist's 30-year fascination with modernism
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Donum Estate’s wine-tasting pavilion by Studio Other Spaces celebrates its land
The latest addition to California wine and art destination Donum Estate – the Vertical Panorama Pavilion by Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann’s Studio Other Spaces – celebrates the soil, landscape and weather that make wine possible
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Mixed media: Bret Easton Ellis and Alex Israel join forces at Gagosian Beverly Hills
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California’s forgotten roadside architecture makes for a wild West Coast drive
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Diamond Rock: a Sonoma Valley house celebrates its surroundings
A Sonoma Valley house celebrates its surroundings
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Caymus-Suisun Winery is at one with its California setting
Caymus-Suisun Winery’s considered interiors and design, and multigenerational family vintners, add to Suisun Valley’s allure on the California wine map
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Gala night: the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture celebrates 50 years
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Clean sweep: True Botanicals’ toxin-conscious luxury skincare line is a winner
