PS Architecture Tours and Modernism Week - Palm Springs’ leading providers of high-quality architectural tour services - have teamed up to provide the ultimate modern architecture tour experience.
These small group tours offer an in-depth introduction to the city’s fascinating past and its rare concentration of fine modernist homes and buildings. No microphones. No headsets. Just a friendly traveling conversation about a remarkable city. You’ll join fellow architecture fans in a comfortable, climate-controlled mini-coach for an excursion through Palm Springs' most beautiful neighborhoods, pausing to learn about outstanding works by some of America’s most talented modernist designers. You'll hear about Hollywood celebrities who made many of the homes famous and enjoy back stories that add depth and humanity to Palm Springs' amazing modernist legacy. If you can’t make it to one of Modernism Week’s world-famous festivals, you can still enjoy the Modernism Week experience any week throughout the high season. Modernism Week is a community supported nonprofit dedicated to education, preservation and appreciation of modern architecture and design. When you choose these tours, you’re not only choosing the best, you’re helping to preserve and promote great architecture for generations to come. |
About Trevor O'DonnellTripadvisor's top-rated architectural tour guide - and co-creator of Architecture Tours by Modernism Week - Trevor O'Donnell is a lifelong architecture buff, designer, preservation advocate and modernism enthusiast. Trevor fell in love with Palm Springs when he restored a classic 1958 post & beam in the Deepwell Estates neighborhood. He has since renovated a 1952 mid-century house that was home to architect Richard Harrison, one of Palm Springs' most celebrated modernists, and he has completed home renovation projects in Los Angeles’ Silverlake neighborhood, Joshua Tree/Pioneertown, and in Saugatuck, Michigan. Today, Trevor shares his passion for architecture and deep knowledge of the region's history and design with visiting architects, design professionals, scholars, midcentury modern fans, and curious visitors from all over the world. Visit Tripadvisor for candid reviews of Trevor's tours.
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