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Los Angeles, CA
Date of completion: 1960
Square footage: 2,000
Space – 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, kitchen,  2-car carport, pool.

One cannot go wrong if one's project begins at Scandinavian's most western fjord. Architects Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff were commissioned to tear the existing house down and adapt a practical design to the environement and the client. 

 

There is a fantasy house perched on a hiIl in a town east of Stockholm called Ingaro-Evlinge. The steep of the slope was the starting point for the project. The Architects, Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff focused thoroughly designing with all Nuance Black, White and minimal space.

 

Temperature today for Palm Springs reads 57F, although it also mentions that it feels like 61F. Really? Because I am in situ, and the images below is exactly how it feels.

 

...Or how to bring 'Retro' to 'Modern' without sacrificing the best of both. This house is for sale through HOM in Palm Springs.

 

 

 

Simple looks are a good policy. 

It is also the season to light up a fire, pick up a good book, make hot chocolate and cuddle up. Be kind to yourself.

 

 

A quick beauty to keep in mind.

 

 

 

Interior Design by Mark Haddawy.

'The house, surrounded completely by pools, introduced a new concept in making water an integral structure and landscape element. Brick terraces, spanning the pools, lead to the living areas, and the terraces add another plane and texture to the interplay between water and structure. During the hot months the water is pumped hydraulically from the pool to the roof gutter to fall through the scuppers and circulate and aerate the pool.

The house is a series of 10- by 22-foot bays 9 feet high, each frame is composed of an 8-inch I-beam, floor channel and three 4-inch wide flange columns. The frames were shop-fabricated and delivered to the site in one piece. The two exterior bays came shop-equipped with a 4-inch channel which tied into the columns at sill height.' - Esther McCoy 

 

I have been postponing showing this house but there is not Palm Springs without Sinatra. Dedicated to the true retro lovers out there.

 

 

Located in Desert Hot Springs, CA, the prototype pre-fab home is located on a 5 acre site and oriented to best capture views of San Jacinto peak and the surrounding mountains. Doubling the 2000 sq foot interior space, the home extends towards the landscape with covered outdoor living areas.

 

Sheltered living spaces blend the indoors with the outdoors, simultaneously extending and connecting the house to the north wing, comprised of a guest house and art studio. The L shaped plan layout defines a protected courtyard that includes a pool and firepit.