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Palm Springs geometry where the desert demanded radical simplicity

1272 VERENA DRIVE; MODERNIST ARCHITECT DONALD WEXLER BELIEVED THAT STEEL WAS IDEAL FOR DESERT BUILDING—IT WAS ECONOMICAL AND STOOD TOUGH AGAINST SUN, HEAT, AND WIND
1272 VERENA DRIVE; MODERNIST ARCHITECT DONALD WEXLER BELIEVED THAT STEEL WAS IDEAL FOR DESERT BUILDING—IT WAS ECONOMICAL AND STOOD TOUGH AGAINST SUN, HEAT, AND WIND © JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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