Walter White: Johnson house (Palm Desert, Calif.)

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Description

The Paulette Herbert Johnson house in Palm Desert was one of White's last houses in the desert before he moved to Colorado Springs. The house was originally designed with a hypar (hyperbolic paraboloid) roof, but was constructed with a flat roof, for unknown reasons.

Creator

Walter White, architect

Source

Walter S. White papers, Architecture and Design Collection; Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Date

1958

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Citation

Walter White, architect, “Walter White: Johnson house (Palm Desert, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed December 5, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/603.