Modern in the Mountains: Roof Lines
Completed in 1972, this “Modern in the Mountains” home has some gossip surrounding it. I have found no records endorsing the rumors, and I continue to reach out to sources (and any readers) that can shed some light on this home.
Sources report the home to be the product of the well-known George Alexander
Building Company and/or one of their associated architects. "Designed by Architects, Built by Master
Builders for Permanent Value" was the motto in Alexanders' early ads. Perhaps
this home was designed by the Modern era icon, William F. Cody http://psmodcom.org/index.php/william-f-cody/,
or the not-as-commonly known Los Angeles Firm, Palmer and Krisel. http://psmodcom.org/index.php/william-krisel/,
or maybe the home was designed by a Modern Architecture admirer.
Alexander Homes were/are Palm Spring's most famous tract housing ("modern-to-the-masses") starting in the late 1950's: each
home rotated and with a selected roof style as to not appear identical to its
neighbor but each floor plan followed the same formula of parking, breezeway,
windows, and wall.
This “Modern in the Mountains” home markedly duplicates the Alexander homes
style: from the procession in the floor plan, to a flat roof capping clerestory
windows that allow sunlight and mountain views, a center
vaulted roof angled above soaring gabled glass walls; And, a hint of
“butterfly” connecting the house to its carport and breeze way entry.