Palm Springs is one of California’s most tour-rich destinations, offering guided and self-guided experiences that explore everything from midcentury modern architecture and Hollywood history to Indigenous culture, desert canyons, seismic landscapes, and culinary hotspots. Whether you want to tour…
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Explore Midcentury Icons, Celebrity Homes, and Modernism Week Palm Springs is a living museum of midcentury modern architecture, where glass walls, clean lines, and desert-adapted designs reflect a golden era of style and innovation. The city's unique architectural identity, shaped from the 1940s…
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A Historic Gem of Palm Springs Designed by Albert Frey The Palm Springs Visitor Information Center is one of the city’s most iconic and recognizable landmarks. The Palm Springs Visitor Center is often the first landmark for travelers entering Palm Springs from the north or heading to the Palm…
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Desert Modernism, Resort Architecture, and the Postwar Transformation of Palm Springs William Cody (1916–1978) was one of the most influential yet often underrecognized architects shaping Palm Springs during the rise of midcentury modern desert architecture. His work bridged International Style…
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Thank you for Attending Modernism Week 2026 Already looking forward to the next home tour, talk, or party? Save the date for these upcoming events: Modernism Week – October October 15-18, 2026 Modernism Week 2027 February 11-21, 2027 Thursday, February 12 - Sunday, February 22 Palm Springs…
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Emerson Stewart Williams (1909–2005) was one of the most influential architects shaping the modern desert architectural aesthetic of Palm Springs. His work blends International Style modernism with a deep sensitivity to the desert landscape, resulting in iconic residences, commercial buildings, and…
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Albert Frey didn’t just design buildings in Palm Springs; he helped invent the architectural language of desert modernism itself. Through an approach grounded in climate, landscape, and modernist restraint, Frey shaped a city whose identity remains inseparable from midcentury architecture. His work…
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Howard Lapham’s Palm Springs Vision Among the architects who helped define Palm Springs’ architectural identity, Howard Lapham remains less well known but no less important. Working alongside (and often in competition with) figures such as William F. Cody, E. Stewart Williams, Donald Wexler, and…
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Midcentury Modern Architecture, Alexander Homes, and the Desert Modernist Legacy Palm Springs owes much of its architectural identity to the postwar modernist movement and to the architects who translated modern design principles into livable, climate-responsive desert homes. Among the most…
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Postwar Desert Modernism, Organic Architecture, and a Palm Springs Legacy Hugh Kaptur occupies a distinctive and increasingly recognized place in the architectural history of Palm Springs. Working alongside — and often in the shadow of — better-known contemporaries such as William F. Cody, Donald…
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