Kaufmann Desert House
Palm Springs, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Kaufmann Desert House is a modernist residence in Palm Springs, California, designed by architect Richard Neutra and completed in 1946. Commissioned by businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr.—the same patron who engaged Frank Lloyd Wright for Fallingwater—the house has been recognized as an architectural marvel that helped establish the modernist aesthetic characteristic of the desert resort city. The structure is designated a Class 1 Historic Site by the Palm Springs City Council.
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- Type
- single-family detached home
- Place
- Palm Springs, United States
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