Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: 205 North Orchid Tree Lane

Collection: 
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title: 
205 North Orchid Tree Lane
Alternate Title: 
Sunrise Park House
Image View: 
Carport with side entrance to house (right) and open ventilation on three sides
Creator: 
William Krisel (American architect, born 1924)
Location: 
site: Palm Springs, California, United States
Location Note: 
205 North Orchid Tree Lane
GPS: 
+33.824628-116.520199
Date: 
1958 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
American
Style Period: 
Mid-Century Modernist
Work Type 1: 
tract house
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
stone; concrete
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurements: 
1,278 ft2 (area, house)
Description: 
Mid-century home built by the Alexander Construction Company in the Sunrise Park subdivision, an example of the post-and-beam style designed by Krisel. Three bedrooms, two baths. The lot size is 10,454 sq. ft. and the backyard with pool faces west with mountain views. In the 1950s Krisel helped to nearly double the size of Palm Springs by building 2,500 tract homes, which still exist today. Krisel used variation of orientation and roofline, integration of indoor and outdoor living, and careful use of standardized elements to make modernist design affordable. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Archivision Additional Module Ten
Identifier: 
1A1-KRISEL-MCM-1-A09
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.