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Kaufmann Desert House

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Description: American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture
Toward the end of World War II, Edgar J. Kaufmann, a wealthy Pittsburgh department-store owner, approached the architect Richard Neutra with a commission to design a substantial winter retreat for himself and his wife, Liliane, in the burgeoning resort town of Palm Springs, California. For well over ten years Kaufmann had been Frank Lloyd Wright’s most loyal and generous patron, and the two men had joined forces to produce a number of extraordinary projects: these included not only Fallingwater, …
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.75-107
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00012.005

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