Whether it’s modernism,brutalism or art deco that draws your interest, these guided trips reveal the unique stories of buildings and city designsArchitecture buff Robert Imber knows everything and everyone in Palm Springs and is a main voice in the California Preservation Foundation too. His company’s entertaining and informative tours take small groups through diverse neighbourhoods to discover the treasures of this desert city, or a veritable living museum of modernist architecture. Visiting distinctive homes,Hollywood-celeb hideaways and noteworthy civic buildings, highlights include Richard Neutra’s 1946 Kaufmann house and Frank Lloyd Wright’s downtown 1923 Oasis Hotel tower - and the stories of who lived there and the architects behind them bring the state to life.
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Source: theguardian.com