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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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Stayner Architects revive Wave House – a lost Palm Springs gem
Los Angeles-based Stayner Architects is behind the thoughtful refresh of a Walter White house in the desert, a mid-century modern classic available to visit during the 2020 Palm Springs Modernism Week
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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
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Over 100,000 unseen Andy Warhol photographs to be made public
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Shingle vision: Roy McMakin’s designer retirement home in Venice, California
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Cali-glam cohesion: RH unveils Eight Palms, its first residence
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Palm Springs according to Phillip K Smith III
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Navigating California’s concrete skateparks through the lens of Amir Zaki
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Sprüth Magers inaugurates its Los Angeles space with new work by John Baldessari
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Suburban Silicon Valley home provides a refuge for nature
Nestled in a Silicon Valley suburb, Dawnbridge is a home by Field Architecture that embraces the site’s natural topography and native flora
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Studio Shamshiri gets a midcentury Hollywood Hills home ready for its close-up
French-Tunisian entrepreneur Franck Nataf enlisted designer Pamela Shamshiri to oversee a refresh of his jewel box Hollywood Hills house
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Palm Springs pays homage to architect Herbert W Burns
