Palm Springs is the home of the Modernism movement, especially “desert modernism”. While modernism is not my favorite architecture style, when it is done right, it really does sing. This is the Del Marco Hotel. It is located at 225 W. Baristo Road in Palm Springs. The architect was William Cody. In 1947 Cody moved to Palm Springs from Los Angeles, where he had graduated from USC and worked for Cliff May. This was his first desert project, it began a post war modernism style all on its own. The Modernism society of Palm Springs is excellent, and in fact holds an annual conference, that is really incredible. Sadly, their research covers the architects of the area very thoroughly, but I was unable to find any history about the Del Marco itself.