POSTPONED | Laurence Harvey House: Restoring Modernism

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Where	Lecture Hall at Main Museum
When	March 20, 10:30am - 12:30pm

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When

March 20, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Where	Lecture Hall at Main Museum
When	March 20, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Where

When

March 20, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Members (call box office 760-325-4490): $40 Non-Members: $55

In response to evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) health concerns, Palm Springs Art Museum is postponing and rescheduling events, classes, and lectures through the end of March.

Architect Leo Marmol discusses the restoration of the Laurence Harvey House in the museum’s Lecture Hall; participants are then invited to stroll through the actual home.

In 1969 actor Laurence Harvey commissioned Southern California architect Buff & Hensman to create an “oasis of tranquility” in Old Las Palmas. Nearly 50 years later the architect Marmol Radziner was hired to bring this important modern post-and-beam house up to contemporary standards, without compromising its historic integrity.

This extraordinary classic, which pushes outdoor living to its fullest expression — while maintaining owner privacy — was published in Architectural Digest in 2017. The property is a case study in historic preservation and the delicate art of what to keep, what to alter, and what to replace.

Lecture: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
House Tour: 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Home address will be provided prior to the event.

Image (top): Harvey House, Palm Springs, CA, Photo by Roger Davies

Speaker

Leo Marmol, FAIA, is the managing partner of the Los Angeles-, San Francisco-, and New York-based design-build firm Marmol Radziner, founded in 1989. Since the firm’s restoration of Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House in 1998, Marmol Radziner has completed nearly a dozen projects in Palm Springs, including E. Stewart Williams’ Santa Fe Federal Savings and Loan, now the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, and the restoration of Buff and Hensman’s Harvey House. Leo lectures widely on the topics of architecture, modernism, and restoration, and has organized numerous architectural tours in Southern California to highlight the region’s wealth of mid-century Modernist landmarks. Leo was elevated to the College of the Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 2007 and inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 2009. Leo currently serves on the board of trustees of the Palm Springs Art Museum and the UCLA Lab School.