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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Palm Springs, California, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1960-1962 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWexler, Donalden_US
dc.creatorAlexander Construction Companyen_US
dc.date1960-1962en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-19T15:40:59Z
dc.date.available2014-12-19T15:40:59Z
dc.date.issued1960-1962en_US
dc.identifier252697en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3128en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/168307
dc.description3165 N. Sunny View Drive; detail of support used to frame front door; Wexler worked in the office of Richard Neutra; he later opened his own office in partnership with Ric Harrison in Palm Springs. In 1960, Wexler designed the steel houses, along with the structural engineer Bernard Perlin for the developers George and Robert Alexander. United States Steel Corporation helped fund the project. The seven original houses' framing, roofs and exterior siding were prefabricated in light steel, with drywall interior siding (using a combination of off-site and on-site construction). This was bolted to a concrete slab foundation. Their approach took components which had been designed for the rapid construction of school classrooms and adapted them into stylish, custom-appearing houses for the middle class. Some houses feature folded plate roofs, Wexler's most famous design motif. The models were furnished by noted designer Arthur Elrod. The planned tract of 38 all-steel houses were never completed due to the fact that shortly after the seven were built, the price of steel increased. Six of the seven houses have been restored and all seven have Class 1 Historic Site status. Steel Development House No. 2 (3125 North Sunny View Drive) is also on the National Register. Source: RCENO (Racquet Club Estates Neighborhood Organization) [website]; http://www.racquetclubestates.com/ (accessed 7/22/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel; glass; gypsum board; fiberglassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectHousingen_US
dc.subjectprefabricationen_US
dc.subjectsuburbsen_US
dc.subjecttract homesen_US
dc.subjectDesert Modernismen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectMid-Century Modernisten_US
dc.titleSteel Development Housesen_US
dc.title.alternativeAlexander Steel Housesen_US
dc.title.alternativeRheemetal Steel Home Systemen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-WEXD-SH-F04en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), prefabricationen_US
vra.worktypehouseen_US
dc.contributor.displayAlexander Construction Company (American real estate building and development firm, ca. 1950-1965); Donald Wexler (American architect, born 1926)en_US


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