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10/01/2005
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| The sophisticated mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs is what draws the design-savvy to the city. |
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The sophisticated mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs is what draws
the design-savvy to the city—as opposed to golfers heading to the country clubs
further south. Since groups such as the Palm Springs Modern Committee (which
formed in 1999) began advocating to preserve the local architecture, a clutch of
classic properties have been restored extensively and expensively.
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developers are wooing design-minded buyers with architect-designed “new
moderns”: contemporary residences with a vintage feel, in several price ranges.
The most notable development in the upscale market is Alta, a collection of 67
semicustom “desert contemporary” homes designed by Narendra Patel. Located
behind dramatic gates, the homes are surrounded by the massive mountains of
south Palm Springs’ Indian Canyons.
Digital renderings of Alta homes illustrate the massive 10-by-18-foot Fleetwood
pocket sliders with clerestory windows that will be installed in all 67
residences. (Click images to enlarge)
“It’s Palm Springs modern architecture
taken to another level,” says Patel, a frequent award winner for his $3
million-plus contemporary custom homes in such country clubs as the Reserve
and Big Horn. For Alta, Patel conjured up three flexible floor plans and
incorporated pocket sliders and clerestory windows, large expanses of covered
outdoor living spaces that almost double the size of the home and 6-foot
perimeter walls for privacy. Buyers can add on bedrooms, a gym, extra garage
space, a home office and media rooms. Once the preferred plan is selected, the
final room configurations and details of the exterior living spaces can be
further customized with help from interior design firm Jeffrey Jurasky &
Associates, another familiar name in the country clubs south of Palm
Springs.
Sales officially began in April; several homes have gone into
escrow, with plans to begin construction in several months, according to Frank
Eder, president of Newport Coast Capital Management and general manager of the
project. Three different models will be constructed by October. Prices start at
$1.5 million to $2.5 million for 2,700 to 4,700 square feet on lots ranging in
size from 13,000 square feet to half an acre.
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