Lisa Hart

1 week ago | palmspringslife.com | Lisa Hart

“Resort living at its best!” touted a 1959 brochure for Racquet Club Road Estates. Homes designed by William Krisel of Palmer & Krisel Architects and built by the Alexander Construction Company promised “the most dazzling view in all of Palm Springs,” three-ton air-conditioners, built-in appliances, and “luxurious wall-to-wall carpeting throughout.” Krisel ensured variety in plan, elevation, and roofline across the development of almost 550 homes, shaping the neighborhood’s distinct character.

2 weeks ago | palmspringslife.com | Lisa Hart

Palm Springs and DWR have a “shared ethos, both embodying a unique and longstanding spirit of modern design,” says Debbie Propst, president of global retail for MillerKnoll. “The Shops at The Thompson is an ideal location — a modern luxury property with an eye for design details.

2 weeks ago | palmspringslife.com | Lisa Hart

Through the high-security gate at The Thermal Club awaits a high-intensity experience both on and off the thundering track. For the ultimate in motorsports immersion, the club’s requisite residential component ensures members never need to leave the action. Race all day, toast to the day’s triumphs, rise with the sun, and do it all over again. Villas, custom homes, and homesites make 24/7 track life a reality at the exclusive enclave, opened in 2012.

2 weeks ago | palmspringslife.com | Lisa Hart

“I feel like Star Tile couldn’t exist if it wasn’t based in the desert,” says co-founder Andrea “AK” Keller of the boutique ceramic studio and showroom she opened with Mikayla Mitchell in Yucca Valley in 2023. “Our work is born from the raw beauty of the desert and from loving nature. That’s why we’re here and why we create what we do.

2 weeks ago | palmspringslife.com | Lisa Hart

Architect Lane Williams and his wife, Debra, recently became desert transplants, having moved his Seattle-based practice to Palm Springs. He designed his new Movie Colony home, built by Scott Cullens ofPalm Pacific Construction, after visiting the Coachella Valley since the 1990s. “This is my sixth home,” he says. “Three of them have been new construction and three were major remodels.” For his first home in Palm Springs, “there was a great concern for how we’re managing daylight.