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Loewy House in Palm Springs California. |
The Raymond Loewy House,
600 Panorama Road, Palm Springs,
California, was designed by local architect Albert
Frey. Built in 1946-47 as a bachelor retreat and expanded
later when Loewy got married, the house has been restored by
metalware manufacturer Jim Gaudineer who said of the design,
"When you slide open the glass walls, it's almost like living
outdoors." A typical Palm Springs
modernist villa with a low-slung pavilion and plenty of glass
that provides striking views of desert, mountains, and the pool
and garden that make the private oasis complete. Loewy (or a
later owner) apparently had a 1963 Studebaker Avanti custom
painted in a copper brown color to match the exterior hues of
the house. |
Viola, Laurence, and Raymond Loewy enjoy
the pool. |
1963 Studebaker Avanti parked at the Loewy
house. |
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Palm Springs
flourished from the forties through the sixties, when the modern
movement was in full bloom. The desert city became world famous
as a playground for Hollywood celebrities. Frank Sinatra (who
owned an Avanti) had a house designed by Palm
Springs architect Stewart Williams, complete with a piano-shaped
pool in which Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, and Lana Turner splashed.
The celebrated Kaufman House was designed by architect Richard
Neutra. Albert Frey's 1965 Tramway Gas Station, which marks
the northern approach to the city with its soaring, flying-wedge
roof has been renovated as the Montana
St. Martin Gallery, which included the Avanti in its Raymond
Loewy exhibit. |
The Kaufman House designed by architect
Richard Neutra and the Avanti exhibited at the Montana St. Martin
Gallery. |
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