Modernism

By Adam Štěch Last updated 10 October 22

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

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 10 October 22

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 10 October 22

By Marco Sammicheli Last updated 9 October 22

By Lauren Ho Last updated 9 October 22

A new series of virtual tours offer you the chance to explore Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture from the comfort of your home. The campaign to continue educating and inspiring the public through the digital sphere is also a reminder of the importance of the physical experience of architecture, and an appeal for funding support to heritage sites all over the world during the Covid-19 crisis

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 9 October 22

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, the famed Canadian landscape architect, has passed away at the age of 99 in Vancouver. Here, we pay tribute to her life and work.

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 8 October 22

Tom Bartlett, founder of interior design firm Waldo Works, brings a British modernist interior to the largest Television Centre penthouse through a Festival of Britain-inspired colour pallette and design pieces from Living Diwani, Barber Osgerby, Ingo Maurer and Olivia Aspinall

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 8 October 22

The traditional autumn preview of the annual Palm Springs Modernism Week is upon us, with some 50 events that offer a taster of what's to come when the real thing hits, in February 2022

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 8 October 22

In 2012 (W* 152), we met architects Donald Wexler (1926-2015) and William Krisel (1924-2017), in their natural habitat, Palm Springs, a place that they, along with Albert Frey, E Stewart Williams and William Cody, turned from dust to diamonds. Wexler earned his reputation as an innovator with his steel-framed prefabs, going on to design the second home for actress Dinah Shore, while Krisel, architect of the Twin Palms Estates an elegant tract of holiday homes, was renowned for designing a slew of housing from LA to the San Fernando Valley. Both architects had Palm Springs in common, and lived to watch their legacies unfold.

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 8 October 22

By Albert Hill Last updated 8 October 22

By Carren Jao Last updated 8 October 22

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 7 October 22

The Brazilian artist ventures into the desert for a new series, She Disappeared into Complete Silence, capturing her muse in Robert Stone’s golden Acido Dorado house

By Charlotte Jansen Last updated 7 October 22

At the age of 93, Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens, a masterful builder in concrete, wood and glass, has passed away in Ghent

By Siska Lyssens Last updated 7 October 22

Lured to Palm Springs in 1945 by Nellie Coffman – ‘The Mother of Palm Springs’, Cody’s (1916-1978) first commission was to extend the Desert Inn. The following year, Cody received his first standalone job, the Del Marcos Hotel and soon he was designing country clubs and private homes all over town.

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 7 October 22

By David Kaufman Last updated 7 October 22

Explore, watch and learn about the twists and turns of the Eileen Gray’s oeuvre through furniture, femininity and film on Bard Graduate Center Gallery’s interactive digital companion to the New York exhibition

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 7 October 22

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

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 7 October 22

Designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has become something of an Instagram pilgrimage for architecture enthusiasts. But as the building fell into a state of disrepair, the Metabolist landmark has long been in danger of demolition and the final decision is to be made by the building’s management society by vote

By Sanae Sato Last updated 7 October 22

By Shonquis Moreno Last updated 7 October 22

Paulo Mendes da Rocha has a fan in art dealer Eduardo Leme, who commissioned the Brazilian architect to design both his house and art gallery in São Paulo. Wallpaper* visited Casa Millán in 2006 (W*88), to find out how the brutal concrete residence, originally built by da Rocha in 1969 for another art dealer, was adapted for its new owner

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 7 October 22

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 7 October 22

Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designs a dream house out of concrete blocks and a eucalyptus-stick pergola for Paule Ka founder Serge Cajfinger

By Amy Serafin Last updated 7 October 22