“April is the new month for Modernism Week, the annual celebration of midcentury modern architecture, art, and design in Palm Springs, California.
Organizers have set April 8 to 18 as the new dates for this year’s festival, which will be reduced in its scope and the number of events because of the COVID-19 pandemic but still feature in-person tours of modern homes, gardens, and communities.
One highlight this year is the unveiling of a recently-completed residence designed by the late Ray Kappe, one of the founders of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). According to architect and writer Alan Hess, it was Kappe’s first house in Palm Springs and one of the last homes that he designed before he died in 2019….”
Adjusting for COVID, Palm Springs Modernism Week Scales Back and Shifts to April
