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Palm Springs Mid-Century Modern Hotels: The Spa Hotel

In an interview with Palm Springs Life in 1964, legendary Palm Springs architect William Cody stated, "Coachella Valley really isn't the desert as it used to be. With air conditioning as we have it today in our homes, offices and automobiles, you can live as comfortably on the desert as anywhere else throughout the year. We have a plentiful water supply, clear skies and more daily sunshine than any place else in the country. All this means the departure from architecture of necessity which began with the primitive Indians who first inhabited Southern California. The Spaniards, who so very strongly influenced early development in the Southland, brought with them facets of environment which are still in use today.

"We find this influence in shade areas surrounding our present structures in the enclosed patio concept...which the Spaniards originally borrowed from Roman times. This concept is often used now to insure privacy, which our increased population demands, rather than as a need for defense. We must realize the past has always influenced architecture in every era of man's existence."
Cody was speaking of the direction of area architecture two years after the completion of The Spa Hotel in Palm Springs which was a design collaboration of architects, Wexler, Harrison, Cody & ... more

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