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Take a Paul R. Williams Tour of Palm Springs
You can still visit four of the pioneering architect’s buildings today
El arte postal se apodera del mundo
Cómo las latinas y los latinos lideraron una revolución por correo
Mail Art Takes On the World
How Latinx and Latin American women led a revolution by mail
Designing Getty for the 21st Century
As Getty’s campus architect, Naomi Neville modernizes Getty’s 1990s style
Honoring India’s Modern Heritage
How modernist architecture in India is being preserved for posterity
An Albert Frey Tour of Palm Springs
Experience the International Style, interpreted for the desert
Bold Lines and Nude Sunbaths
When European modernism met a California health nut
Hidden in Plain Sight
How two Getty interns are helping to honor and preserve Los Angeles’s Black heritage
A Forgotten Modernist Reclaimed: Leopold Fischer’s California Legacy
Discover the work of this little-known architect, whose oeuvre includes Weimar-era social housing and quietly influential domestic architecture in Los Angeles
Landmark Status Granted to Six Buildings Representing Black Heritage in Los Angeles
Designations are the culmination of African American Historic Places Los Angeles, a major milestone to honor and preserve the city’s Black heritage