Albert Frey / Palm Springs Loewy and Aluminare


The Raymond Loewy house by Albert Frey (1946) or "Tierra Caliente" as Loewy called it. The house was a collaboration between the designer and architect. 


Like the next door neighbor, Kaufmann house, the terrain looked a lot different in the late 40s.  

All vintage photos: © Julius Shulman, Peter Stackpole. Source: The Getty Research Institute, Julius Shulman Archive; LIFE

The pool continuing into the living room is the most noted aspects of the design


This happened more than once.





During Palm Springs Modernism I was able to get a close-up look at The Aluminaire House by Albert Frey and managing editor of Architectural Record, A. Lawrence Kocher (1931).