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10/31/07
Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm
Springs, California
From the New York Times:
The Kaufmann House is one of the best-known designs by Neutra, a Viennese-born architect who moved to the US in the 1920s and designed homes for the few decades for many wealthy West Coast clients. His buildings are seen virtually was the apotheosis of Modernism's International Style, with their skeletal steel frames and open plans. Yet Neutra was also known for catering sensitively to the needs of his clients, so that their houses would be not only functional but also nurture their owners psychologically.
From the New York Times:
The Kaufmann House is one of the best-known designs by Neutra, a Viennese-born architect who moved to the US in the 1920s and designed homes for the few decades for many wealthy West Coast clients. His buildings are seen virtually was the apotheosis of Modernism's International Style, with their skeletal steel frames and open plans. Yet Neutra was also known for catering sensitively to the needs of his clients, so that their houses would be not only functional but also nurture their owners psychologically.
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05/12/07 Filed in: Art
The “Contentment House” is for Sale
Desert Hot Springs Motel, located on the outskirts of Palm Springs, is composed of four intimate interlocking units, each with its own patio and cacti garden. The structure is gunite (sprayed concrete), steel, glass and redwood.
In 1927, Lucien Hubbard, a Hollywood writer and producer purchased property on the outskirts of Palm Springs in what would become Desert Hot Springs and began the development of a private Hollywood guest ranch, the B Bar H Ranch. The early Hollywood crowd would come out and spend time horseback riding, playing tennis, swimming and retreating from the movie industry out in the desert. Mary Pickford, Bing Crosby, the Marx Brothers, Tyrone Power, Lionel Barrymore, Peter Lorre, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper were some of the guests who would frequent his ranch. Before World War II, Hubbard sold his ranch and went into the war as a war correspondent for “Reader’s Digest”. He appears as himself in “The Story of GI Joe” (1945). After the war, Hubbard commissioned John Lautner to build the Desert Hot Springs Motel, which was originally referred to as “Contentment House”. The original plans were quite extensive, with numerous spa buildings and retail shopping. Only the four rooms of the motel were built along with the swimming pools. The swimming pools, which were located across the street from the motel, were torn down in the early 1970s by developers. After many years of being closed to the public, Steve Lowe purchased the legendary Desert Hot Springs Motel in 2000 and, after renovating it, reopened the motel. He passed away in January.
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05/09/07 Filed in: Rambling
Creative Constructions in the Morongo Basin
A Center for Land Use Interpretation Bus Tour
9 AM- MOCA Los Angeles
11 AM- Desert Christ Park
12 PM- The Institute of Mentalphysics
2 PM- A- Z West/ Andrea Zittel Land
3 PM- Noah Purifoy Sculpture Park
4 PM- The Intergratron
5 PM- The iT House
6 PM- Pioneertown
7 PM- Dinner & beer at Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
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