Palm Springs Preservation Foundation

PSPF is please to announce its line-up of events for the virtual Modernism Week in February 2021 and the in person event in April! For more details, please visit https://www.pspreservationfoundation.org/events/

The Palm Springs Preservation Foundation is happy to announce the award of a $100,000 grant to the Aluminaire House Foundation. The 1931 Aluminaire House, designed by architects Albert Frey and A. Lawrence Kocher, arrived from New York, unassembled, in Palm Springs, California, in February of 2017. The PSPF grant is intended to aid in the assembly and display of the historic structure. The Aluminaire House Foundation passed a major milestone this summer when it received a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city’s Historic Site Preservation Board to allow for the siting of the Aluminaire House on the grounds of the Palm Springs Art Museum. (Image courtesy Kyle Ng, CalPolyPomona)

PSPF was awarded the President's Award for Advocacy at last night's California Preservation Foundation's 2020 Preservation Awards ceremony. Mayor Geoff Kors made a surprise (pre-recorded) appearance at the virtual ceremony to enthusiastically laud the work of the foundation.

PSPF is proud to offer free online streaming of two short films for Modernism Week's Fall Preview. "Preserving Modernism: The Town & Country Center" and "The Restoration and Stabilization of the Cornelia White Residence" will be available Thurdsay Oct 14 at noon PDT at https://www.modernismweek.com/

PSPF mourns the passing of artist and friend Nat Reed, seen here at a PSPF event at the Frank Sinatra's Twin Palm Estate with his renerding of the same house. RIP.

PSPF is honored to win the California Preservation Foundation's Industry Impact Award! For details including the virtual award celebration on October 21 check out: https://californiapreservation.org/programs/awards/

Great news for the Aluminaire House as it will be placed at the Palm Springs Art Museum. https://www.desertsun.com//aluminaire-house-ge/5703668002/

Great news! On Friday, August 14, the Thomas A. O'Donnell "Desert Golf Course in Palm Springs was unanimously (8 0) approved for listing on the National Register of Historic Places by the... California State Historical Resources Commission. Sponsored by the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation (PSPF), the scholarly 62 page National Register nomination was written by preservation architect and PSPF board advisor Susan Secoy Jensen. This follows the O'Donnell Golf Course's designation as a city of Palm Springs Class 1 Historic Resource on October 23, 2019.That well researched 18 page nomination was written by PSPF vice president Steven Keylon. The Thomas A. O'Donnell "Desert Golf Course" now joins a handful of Palm Springs properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the adjacent Thomas A. O'Donnell Residence.

Happy Juneteenth! PSPF celebrates the legacy of the renowned African-American architect Paul R. Williams. His work is synonymous with Southern California architecture. Palm Springs is lucky! Here’s a glimpse of his Town & Country Center, soon to be brought back to its full glory!

At last evening's HSPB meeting, preservation architects Jim Cioffi and Susan Secoy Jensen presented their concept for "Phase 1" of the T&CC rehabilitation. The proposed plan is both historically sensitive and technically sound, and is a major milestone in the ultimate preservation of this important downtown architectural resource.

Happening now: Gary Johns and Lost Saved and Endangered.

Be among the first to learn about the developing partnership for the Palm Springs School of Architecture 5-year degree program to be located on the newest College of the Desert campus in Palm Springs. https://tickets.modernismweek.com/f/mw20/cod

Don't miss this rare opportunity to tour one of modernist architect William Cody's master works - the 4,680-square foot pavilion-style James Logan Abernathy Residence (1962). https://tickets.modernismweek.com/f/mw20/abernathy

New for MW 2020! Tour TWO of engineer and designer Val Powelson’s most spectacular residential commissions, the Gummo Marx Residence (the Sputnik House) and the Leo Maranz Residence (the Gull Wing House). https://tickets.modernismweek.com/f/mw20/powelson