Twin Palms by E Stewart Williams provided a private retreat for Frank Sinatra
Our series covering the best mid-century architecture in Palm Springs, to coincide with the California city's Modernism Week, continues with the sprawling estate created for music and film legend Frank Sinatra.
Twin Palms was designed by E Stewart Williams, one of several architects that have become synonymous with Palm Springs' unique brand of "desert modernism".
Photograph by Stephanie Kloss from her California Dreaming series
Back in 1947, Sinatra was one of the first celebrities to put down roots in Palm Springs, which at the time was a sleepy desert town, but easily accessible from nearby Los Angeles.
For himself and his wife Nancy, the star commissioned local architect Williams to design a home where they could escape the gossip and cameras of Hollywood. It was the architect's first residential project. Photograph courtesy of Beau Monde Villas
Sinatra asked for a grand Georgian-style property that would represent his new-found fortune, to be ready for Christmas just a few months later. But Williams convinced the star to opt for a more climate-appropriate design, with low rectangular wings built from unconventional materials, and hand over $150,000 (£107,028) to build it.
Completed in time for a lavish New Year party, Twin Palms soon became a frequent venue for Hollywood stars to relax and revel. Many of them ? including Al Jolson, Jack Benny and Cary Grant ? also built or purchased their own homes in the neighbourhood, which quickly became known as Movie Co...
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