Desert House Palm Springs, Richard Neutra California Home, 20th C American Architecture Photos
Desert House in Palm Springs
Nov 30, 2020
Desert House For Sale!
Design: Richard Neutra
Location: Palm Springs, Riverside County, Southern California, USA – in the Sonoran Desert
Palm Springs? Historic Desert House For Sale!

Photos by Daniel Solomon for Sotheby?s International Realty
Edgar J. Kaufmann made architectural history twice. First, when he hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home, Fallingwater, in Pennsylvania in 1935 and again in 1946 when he commissioned Richard Neutra to create his famed Desert House in Palm Springs. After undergoing a five-year restoration by Marmol Radziner, the Desert House is on the market at $25 million.
Kaufmann, owner of Kaufmann?s department store in Pittsburgh, which later became Macy?s, was a patron of the arts in the Steel City and contributed heavily toward their advancement. A prominent leader in the retail world, Kaufmann took over the family business at age 28 and quickly tripled the flagship store?s sales, eventually expanding the number of stores to 59 across five Midwestern states.

Kaufmann led the good life of great wealth which allowed him to give back to his city by making large financial contributions to develop its cultural offerings including opera, building the city?s Civic Center and supporting local artists by commissioning their work.

After Kaufmann died in 1955, the home went through a series of owners inc...