Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the time Pearl McCallum was a mere 30 years old, she had buried her father, all of her brothers, and her sister. Her mother was ...

The Aluminaire House drew crowds, and ridicule, in 1931. After several moves and a brush with demolition, it has found a home in Southern California. By Jori Finkel Reporting from Palm Springs, Calif.

Of the 22 books that architectural historian Alan Hess has written since 1985, three of them focus on Palm Springs. The most recent of those, “The Palm Springs School: Desert Modernism 1934-1975,” ...

Lake Las Vegas, the 3,600-acre, master-planned community continues to redefine desert living. Long known for its mix of tranquility and sophistication, the community’s growth is being shaped by a new ...

Nestled within the boundaries of Ascaya, a private community perched on the hillside overlooking Las Vegas, this home on Horseshoe Rock Court is a prime example of modern desert design, newly built by ...

Along the 10th Fairway of Tamarisk Country Club in Rancho Mirage lies a jewel of mid-century modern architecture known as Cody Court. A visit to this small eight-unit condominium community feels like ...

A few years back at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, designers from all over would ask me, once they found out I was from Los Angeles, “What should I do at Modernism Week in ...

When you think of Modernism Week in Palm Springs, chances are you think of shopping for Midcentury Modern furniture, poolside parties and double-decker bus tours highlighting iconic tract homes with ...

Soon after her mother’s death, Pearl was in dire poverty. Desperate, she sold a valuable piece of land from her father’s original 80 Palm Springs acres with its water rights, for only $500. That was a ...