58 DIGS.NET
| 2.25.2022
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WARD-WINNING ARCHITECTURAL firm Marmol
Radziner's designs are predicated on embracing a site's
natural surroundings, facilitating strong connections
between indoors and out, and a commitment to green
building. This approach threads through light-infused
projects that range from small residential studios to large
institutional buildings resulting in spaces that are both
environmentally sustainable and visually engaging.
The interior-exterior link is significant tenet of midcentury modern
design so it's inevitable that the firm has an extensive portfolio of
building restorations that encompass that period. Their exper-
tise prompted Rea Laccone, cofounder of Vince, the iconic
Los Angeles fashion brand, to approach them about updating
the Palm Springs home she'd purchased as a weekend desert
retreat for herself and her partner, Paul Perla. Client and firm
had already established a fruitful working partnership; Marmol
Radziner been behind the extensive renovation of Laccone's
Beverly Hills home and understood the aesthetic of livable luxury
that runs through her work for Vince.
The post-and-beam home had been designed by Buff &
Hensman in the late 60s for actor Laurence Harvey, perhaps
best known for his work on "The Manchurian Candidate." The
house pivots around three sides of a pool. Expansive glass
walls blur the indoor-outdoor divide; a deep colonnade that
outlines the courtyard creates a shady retreat during the height
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