Santa Fe Federal Savings and Loan
Williams, E. Stewart
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Alternative Titles
Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion
Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan
Date
1960-1961Description
Interior, bank lobby with original can lights, aluminum screens and terrazzo floors; stairs leading to lower level (an elevator has also been added in the restoration); Bank buildings had traditionally resembled Classical temples; Williams re-imagined the temple with a Modernist twist.The small scaled glass pavilion has a base which appears to float and an equally floating roof, cantilevered and supported by thin columns. Anodized aluminum solar screens slide and keep out the bright desert sun while allowing visibility to the street. The Palm Springs Art Museum purchased the building in 2011 to use for “architecture and design exhibitions and programs"; it opened in 2014. It received Class 1 Historic Site protective status. Williams is also the architect of the main Palm Springs Art Museum building. Source: Palm Springs Preservation Foundation; http://www.pspreservationfoundation.org/ (accessed 8/15/2015)
Type of Work
bank (building); art museumSubject
architecture, business, commerce and trade, contemporary (1960 to present), Art museums, Restoration and conservation, architectural re-use, Desert Modern, Twentieth century, Mid-Century Modernist, International Style (modern European architecture style)
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only