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Modernism Week

Every February, architecture fans and design enthusiasts descend upon Palm Springs for its annual Modernism Week to celebrate and foster appreciation for midcentury architecture and design. Discover the history and roots of modernist design in the Southland and begin to notice its impact and influence around you today.

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A white house with a slanted roof. The slant is a low slope. The front door is a brown-red color. The house sits on a hill and has a driveway where an SUV is parked.
Every February, architecture fans and interior design enthusiasts descend upon Palm Springs for its annual Modernism Week. But if you're looking for something closer to home, here are six amazing modernist architecture destinations you can visit right now in the L.A. area.
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In the early post-1945 period, California served as the emblem of the American dream, the ideal of modernity and purveyor of modernism, which it broadcast to the nation and larger world. Did it manage to live up to its promise?
Paul Revere Williams opposite a man explaining a project | Courtesy of J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
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Although best known for designing the homes of celebrities like Lucille Ball and Frank Sinatra, the pioneering African-American architect Paul Revere Williams also contributed to some of the city’ s most recognizable civic structures.
Julius Shulman: Man Behind the Camera
In this 2005 interview, Julius Shulman explains how the people who lived in buildings gave purpose and meaning to the idea of home.
Tezontle with writer Aris Janigian  installation for "Tu casa es mi casa" | Adam Wiseman PST LALA Tu casa
More than a sharing of aesthetics, the multiple architecture exhibitions uncovered in Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA offer insights into individual designers’ approaches to a similar building material, a cultural zeitgeist or mode of political thinking.
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