Futuristic American Dreams: The Modernist Architecture History

Frey Residence I by Albert Frey, Palm Springs, California, 1956

A disciple of Le Corbusier, Albert Frey brought modernism to the wind-whipped desert in Palm Springs. His house was a bunker against the extreme desert elements, protected with sliding doors and heat-reflecting surfaces; the playful dining table in the foreground could be raised and lowered with a clothesline.