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Palm Springs Modern Committee Non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of Desert Modern architecture and design.

10/12/2026

What an incredible evening!

Last night, we came together at the Palm Springs Art Museum for the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards, celebrating the people, projects, and passion dedicated to preserving our extraordinary architectural heritage.

To our honorees, sponsors, community partners, volunteers, and everyone who joined us, thank you for making the evening so special.

Preservation is a collective effort, and we’re grateful to be part of a community that cares so deeply about protecting the architectural legacy of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.

Here’s to celebrating our past while preserving it for generations to come.



Palm Springs Life Magazine, Palm Springs California

10/08/2026

Few artists have captured the spirit of Palm Springs quite like S**g.

PSModCom is proud to recognize The S**g Store as a Presenting Sponsor of the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards.

For decades, S**g’s unmistakable world of modern architecture, cocktail culture, desert leisure and midcentury style has celebrated the buildings and lifestyle that made Palm Springs an icon.

Since opening in Palm Springs in 2010, The S**g Store has become part of that story itself, bringing S**g’s colorful vision of modernism to the heart of the city.

We’re grateful to The S**g Store for supporting PSModCom and helping us celebrate the real places, people and architecture that continue to inspire Palm Springs’ extraordinary cultural identity.

Architectural Preservation Awards
October 10, 2026

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10/06/2026

Some designs deserve to endure.

PSModCom is proud to recognize Design Within Reach as a Presenting Sponsor of the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards.

Since 1998, DWR has championed authentic modern design, bringing the work of icons including Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen to a wider audience while helping protect the legacies of the designers who shaped the way we live.

It’s a mission that feels especially meaningful in Palm Springs, where the ideas of modernism remain part of everyday life and where preserving great design means ensuring its story continues.

Thank you, Design Within Reach, for joining PSModCom in celebrating the architecture, designers and preservationists who keep that legacy alive.

Architectural Preservation Awards
October 10, 2026



Palm Springs Life Magazine, Palm Springs California Design Within Reach

Preservation is serious business. The cocktails don’t have to be!As we count down to this weekend’s Architectural Preser...
10/05/2026

Preservation is serious business. The cocktails don’t have to be!

As we count down to this weekend’s Architectural Preservation Awards, PSModCom is raising a glass to Bebemos Tequila, an Architect Level Sponsor of this year’s celebration.

Born in San Diego and inspired by the spirit of late 1970s Southern California, Bebemos feels right at home in the desert.

And they’re bringing something special to the party!

Bebemos will have their own bar at the Awards, serving special cocktails created just for our guests. Because great architecture and a great cocktail make pretty good company.

Thank you, Bebemos, for supporting PSModCom and adding a little extra spirit to the celebration.

We’ll see you at the bar.

Architectural Preservation Awards
October 10, 2026



Palm Springs Life Magazine, Palm Springs California

In Palm Springs, great design has never stopped at the front door.PSModCom is proud to recognize Santa Barbara Designs a...
10/04/2026

In Palm Springs, great design has never stopped at the front door.

PSModCom is proud to recognize Santa Barbara Designs as an Architect Level Sponsor of the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards.

For more than four decades, Santa Barbara Designs has created handcrafted outdoor umbrellas that celebrate the distinctly Californian relationship between architecture and outdoor living. Their designs have become a natural complement to some of the world’s most beautiful residential, hospitality and resort spaces.

It’s a design philosophy that feels especially at home here in the desert, where architecture, landscape, shade and sunshine have always been part of the same conversation.

Thank you, Santa Barbara Designs, for supporting PSModCom and our work to celebrate and protect the extraordinary architectural legacy of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.

Architectural Preservation Awards
October 10, 2026



Palm Springs Life Magazine, Palm Springs California Santa Barbara Designs

Preservation is an investment in what makes a place worth remembering.As we count down to the 2026 Architectural Preserv...
10/03/2026

Preservation is an investment in what makes a place worth remembering.

As we count down to the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards, PSModCom is proud to recognize Banc of California as an Architect Level Sponsor of this year’s celebration.

For more than 80 years, Banc of California has served businesses and communities across our state, with a focus on building lasting relationships and supporting the people and organizations shaping California’s future.

We’re grateful for their support as we gather to celebrate another kind of lasting investment: the preservation of the extraordinary architecture and design legacy of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.

Thank you, Banc of California, for helping us honor the people and projects carrying that legacy forward.

2026 Architectural Preservation Awards
October 10, 2026



Palm Springs Life Magazine, Palm Springs California Banc of California

As we count down to the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards, we’re proud to recognize the community of partners helpi...
10/01/2026

As we count down to the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards, we’re proud to recognize the community of partners helping make this celebration possible.

Preservation takes a village. It depends on people, businesses, cultural institutions and civic partners who understand that Palm Springs’ extraordinary architectural legacy is worth protecting, celebrating and carrying forward.

Our sincere thanks to our 2026 Supporting Sponsors:

LifeSource Water Systems
CFR Patio
Arizona Tile
City of Palm Springs
Mosaic W**e Alliance
Palm Springs Art Museum
Eight4Nine Restaurant & Lounge

Your support helps PSModCom continue its work advocating for, educating about and celebrating the architecture that makes our desert community unlike anywhere else.

Join us October 10 for the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards as we honor the people and projects helping preserve this legacy for generations to come.



Palm Springs Life Magazine, Palm Springs California CFR Patio Arizona Tile Palm Springs City Government LifeSource Water Systems Eight4Nine, Restaurant & Lounge

10/01/2026

As we count down to the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards, we’re proud to recognize the community of partners helping make this celebration possible.

Preservation takes a village. It depends on people, businesses, cultural institutions and civic partners who understand that Palm Springs’ extraordinary architectural legacy is worth protecting, celebrating and carrying forward.

Our sincere thanks to our 2026 Supporting Sponsors:

LifeSource Water Systems
CFR Patio
Arizona Tile
City of Palm Springs
Mosaic W**e Alliance
Palm Springs Art Museum
Eight4Nine Restaurant & Lounge

Your support helps PSModCom continue its work advocating for, educating about and celebrating the architecture that makes our desert community unlike anywhere else.

Join us October 10 for the 2026 Architectural Preservation Awards as we honor the people and projects helping preserve this legacy for generations to come.



09/27/2026

Before Twin Palms became one of Palm Springs’ most iconic modernist landmarks, Frank Sinatra had something very different in mind.

A two story Georgian mansion. Columns. Stone balustrades. The works.

In 1947, Ol’ Blue Eyes walked into architect E. Stewart Williams’ office wanting a grand traditional estate, and he wanted it finished in time for a Christmas party.

According to Williams’ brother Roger, “Stew almost dropped his teeth.”

But Williams had an idea.

He drew two designs: the Georgian mansion Sinatra had requested and a radically different, low slung modern house designed for life in the desert.

Sinatra chose modern.

The result was Twin Palms, Williams’ first stand alone residential commission and an early landmark of Desert Modernism, with long horizontal lines, expansive glass, deep overhangs, and a seamless relationship between indoors and out.

Palm Springs came remarkably close to getting a Georgian mansion instead of an architectural icon.

PSMODCOM HAPPY HOUR HISTORY:

Nobody was happier with Sinatra’s decision than the Williams brothers.

Roger Williams later recalled their reaction:

“We were so glad because we’d have been ruined right then and there if we’d been forced to build that here in the desert.”

Thankfully for the Williams brothers, and Palm Springs, Frank went modern.

CREDIT:
Photograph by Julius Shulman, courtesy of the Getty Research Institute, Julius Shulman Photography Archive © J. Paul Getty Trust.

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