The famed Sinatra House was designed for Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy, by E. Stewart Williams in 1947. It marks Williams’ first commission after he joined his family’s architectural practice, Williams, Williams, & Williams. The pool is even shaped like a piano.
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Donald Wexler’s name is pretty synonymous with Palm Springs architecture and his 1957 Florsheim/Leff House is one of the best expressions of that. With post and beam architecture and expansive windows, the two-bedroom house is picture perfect for California indoor/outdoor living.
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The Kaufmann House was designed by Richard Neutra as a vacation home for a family looking to escape brutal winters and was famously photographed by the legendary Julius Shulman. It was completed in 1946 with an extensive restoration by Marmol Radziner + Associates completed in the mid-1990s. Photo by Darren Bradley Photography
The Frey House II was built in 1964 by architect Albert Frey with mostly glass walls that frame the surrounding rocky landscape. The house even incorporates the massive rocks inside where many would have excavated the material or chosen not to have built there.
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Dubbed Elvis’ Honeymoon Hideaway, this 1960 house was built by developer Robert Alexander, and while several people have been called the original architect of the home, it still hasn’t been resolved (it’s believed to have been ...