Inside Frank Sinatra’s Iconic House in Palm Springs (House Tour)
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Nestled among the palm trees, Twin Palms by E. Stewart Williams boasts not only a desirable position but a rich history that makes the iconic house stand out. First built when there was nothing but mountains and desert, Twin Palms helped establish the architectural shape of Palm Springs. As Twin Palms was the first home designed by E. Stewart Williams, the iconic house offers a softness and comfortability that its original owner, Frank Sinatra, desired. Throughout this iconic house, E. Stewart Williams has provided fun, pleasure, privacy and respite, for the home’s first owner to its current occupants.
Though the midcentury home was built in 1947 for Frank Sinatra, E. Stewart Williams’s complex yet soft design has remained mostly intact, with the only change to the floor plan being the entrance, which was moved to the opposite side of the street to provide a dramatic arrival. Additionally, the original furniture and kitchen appliances remain, adding to the home’s interesting history. For the rest of the exterior and interior design, the softness and expression of pleasure and place are articulated with the interior columns that are rounded instead of straight - an idea that helps to soften the environment and avoid the harshness of geometric design. With the architecture of homes in Palm Springs being designed with respect to the mountains, there is a sense of unity between nature and structure that exists in the iconic house. Further deepening this, E. Stewart Williams provides an overarching sense of indoor and outdoor living through the colour choices, materials and form of the iconic house.
Referred to as having good separation, the interior design of Twin Palms has been divided to allow for a sense of privacy whilst also holding spaces for socialising. This is experienced through the bedrooms, where the main bedroom has been positioned on one side of the home and the guest rooms on the opposite side. Additionally experienced within the bedrooms is the deliberate proportion of shape and size, where each room has been designed as a square. This has been done to evoke the feeling of relaxation, as opposed to an elongated, rectangular shape, which tends to bring tension to a space. Designed to envelope its occupants, Twin Palms uses various materials, including natural wood, stone and a neutral colour palette.
With a large part of the year offering opportune weather, there is an importance placed upon the quality of indoor and outdoor living, which E. Stewart Williams has accentuated with the piano-shaped pool. Acting as a secondary living area, the pool is designed to celebrate connection and entertainment. It also encourages a deeper appreciation for the landscape. With natural light playing a vital part of the home’s offering, Twin Palms has been completed with sliding glass doors and windows that allow for an inpour of sunlight. Finished with multiple entry points, Twin Palms offers a balance of light that encourages the human gaze to move around the room instead of remaining on one specific point. With the primary motivation to make his clients feel comfortable, E. Stewart Williams brings warmth and a transient, soothing element to the home.
00:00 - Intro to Frank Sinatra's Iconic House
00:39 - A Completely Blank Canvas
01:14 - E. Stewart William's First Architecture Project
01:53 - The Original Floor Plan
02:19 - A Typical Palm Springs Type Home
03:02 - Indoor and Outdoor Fusion
03:23 - The Many Moods of Modernism
03:40 - Enveloping and Warm
03:59 - The Unity of Nature and Architecture
04:38 - Balanced Light
05:15 - Frank Sinatra's Love of the Desert
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Photography by Jeff Mindell.
Architecture by E. Stewart Williams.
Filmed and Edited by Cheer Squad Film Co.
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I heard Frank passed away in his House and His spirt is still In His House . And He lets it known ?;
I love the cinema side of this video! Amazing architecture and beautiful combination!
A true blast from the past. Keep it original, even if that means custom hardware that looks obsolete.
YES! Like those bathroom sinks and faucets...wonderful!
He is one of my favourite singer! Songs like my way just touches my heart! By the way great cinematography! ❤
This is like a gift for me today now living in Flagler Beach Florida. I cannot wait to revisit the magnificent Palm Springs, Palm Desert Rancho
Mirage , La Quinta, Indio Cathedral city Desert Hot Springs, etc!
Hope you enjoy it!
A plus: the wonderful house is in an impeccable neighborhood whose streets do not have those horrendous electrical cables in the air that pollute so much visually
Visual pollution…..wow listen to yourself. Seek professional help sir.
This channel is getting better and better every week, great job guys. I will like to see more of Miami.
More to come!
Definition of simplicity and beauty. ❤
*This house is alive and is definitely pleasing to the eye. And, whoever shot and edited this masterpiece should know how spectacular it truly is. The way you made an art composition even more beautiful. Bravo! Chef's Kiss! 😃🥰🤗*
So happy to see you guys doing stuff here in Palm Springs
Happy to be here! 🙂
Back then the architecture was astounding! Simple elegance!
I've been inside this property during Modernism Week. This iconic house is as impressive in person as it is in photographs.
Been waiting for this channel to come to america for a looooong time. Looking forward to more
best video edit & sound by LOCAL PROJECT so far
Might I suggest that throughout this video you had played some of Frankie’s greatest tunes? Crazy mad for Frank Sinatra all my life never knew he love the desert like I love it too.. he and I share the love of being New Jersey ites!! Thank you for this marvelous invitation to twin Palms. I know the desert inside out and love it to this very day.
The clearance costs would likely be prohibitive.
Copyright strikes. This music more than suits the video. It has a relaxing, sophisticated feel.
Thank you so much for this video. I am a big fan of Palm Springs’ architecture.
EN EL DESIERTO NO EXISTE EL TIEMPO..SOLO LAS LUCES Y LAS SOMBRAS DEL DÍA DEL ATARDECER Y LA ILUMINACIÓN DE LAS ESTRELLAS EN LA NOCHE..POR ESO FRANK SE SIENTIÓ EN PAZ..❤❤😊
Loved every minute of this. To have been part of Frank’s life here would have been…. well, you know, a dream.
I was lucky enough to meet E Stewart Williams towards the end of his very long life. His Palm Springs homes were being designated ‘historic’ causing him to quip ‘What does that make me?!’ The story goes that Sinatra briefed him expecting maybe an English Georgian style - Palm Springs was still just a tiny village after WW2 - drove off out of town and when he returned Stewart Williams presented him with a radical modern design built around a grand piano-shaped pool. He loved it. It’s a very elegant and liveable house on a double lot, of course, when it was built it was not part of a dense housing estate. As the area was built up and Palm Springs became a bustling city and busy tourist destination, Sinatra upped sticks for his complex in Rancho Mirage.
Great commentary! I appreciate the insights.
Excellent work guys. Great interview. Great footage. Great editing :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Architect here went full 2016 UA-cam’s Minecraft modern house tutorial here 💀
Love this one. Love the last line he says 😌✊ so true
That was fantastic, beautiful place! Tank you!
thanks for the upload!
Our pleasure!
By far the most famous use of the house is the Joan Crawford 1950 movie “The damn don’t cry”. Frank allowed use of the exteriors only
So good!
Cheer Squad Film Co always knocks it out the park!
So well written.
I love the Twin Palms home! Its giving luxury yet privacy in a modern way. Just love Frank Sinatra's home!
Thanks Local Project 😎
Soo beautiful!❤❤❤❤🎉
Beautiful classyatomic era style. It’s so well designed and elegant hill vibes. desert mountains backdrop. It reminds me of somewhat Danish. Like iKEA in the 1970s.Frank was very charismatic personable and American icon.
la forma del piano es la que dirige todo el doseño !!!!!!!!!!!!! amo la arquitectura de los años 1950 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent!
Great explanation! Thanks.
JUST. WOW.
I love it
Dude sounds straight up from the English textbook or listen test.
Nice music. Fit the comfortable feeling of the video. What is it called?
Vaya hermosa casa¡¡¡
Love the piano shaped pool ! I would not have seen this as the Sinatra home; he seems more eclectic and Gaudi'esque to me
Very nice.
Great video. I would very much enjoyed some Frank Sinatra vocals to connect the video vibe to it’s famous former owner.
Palm Springs is where we plan to retire. We visit from the Bay Area every year for 10 days and I hate when its time to go home. 😕
The people who bought the house from Sinatra turned it around to move the front door off Alejo, which was becoming a busy thoroughfare. They also installed the now famous walkway by the pool. So, this is not the way the house looked when Sinatra had it.
The walkway was there when the house was first constructed ih 1947- there are vintage photos that show this but they did switch the entrance from the back to the front.
Looks like he did it his way! 😊
I may be wrong, but didn't they shoot in this house for the 1st Fast & Furious? (for the police headquarters lols)
We have a house in Galveston designed by him and it is beautiful
Масштабный проект
Jeff Mindell did great job with the filming!
*Omigoodness, I appreciate you. His eye is absolutely spectacular. 🤤💗*
Was Mad Men "The Jet Set:" episode filmed here?
Large roof over hangs are beautiful and protect the doors, windows and siding from rain and moisture damage.
Water is the enemy of buildings. Architects and home builders need to bring back large roof over hangs
It’s not gawdy vulgar McMansion but very elegant classy.
Seems like Beef series house
Love the house - didn’t care much for the editing. Too “choppy.”
Yup, the editor is overindulgent, can barely get a chance to see the house. Sadly all local project videos are trending this way. More a showcase of editing than a showcase of the house.
🥰🥰🥰
Anyone know anything about the art in the house? Particularly curious about the orange/red/white triangles over the narrator's shoulder and the red/blue/white triangle piece in the hallway around 1:24.
The artwork in the house is by Sinatra!
Not a favorite: but I get the reason why the general public would like it. To me, it feels more like a motel / hotel- and I think Sinatra would have liked that too. 🗣 👤 🔳🟧🟥🟫 .
That aquifer below Palm Springs is almost depleted - we have accurate measurements from satellite GPS that even shows the entire topography of Palm Springs has fallen because the aquifer is being drained faster than it can be replenished. Wonder what all those rich folks will do when they run out of water? Still, lovely house and a brilliant piece of history. Too bad the host completely ignored the massive vintage audio machine in his presentation and didn’t say anything about it. WTF?!
I did mention it. They cut it in the final edit.
Not to worry. Rich folks will find a way
If walls could talk...
Miley Cyrus owns it now. Saw it in her backyard session. Jaded and Wildcard song. Such an amazing property and view
Was that house on an episode of Med Men?
Yes!
Do you mean Mad Men?
It's on quite a narrow lot. Was the original property larger, but sold off because of property taxes?
Beautiful! As a commercial photographer, I see so many options. Aside from really exciting architectural photography, this would be an excellent backdrop for fashion photography, environmental portraiture, photography integrating the nostalgic feel that is so prevalent here! This home inspires!!
It seems to have great light, but maybe that was done in post.
This is much better with the sound turned off.
I love the way he kept saying modern and all I could think was it looks really dated.
Too bad we didn't get to see more of the interior.
Today it is a vacation rental..
Would have been nice to see the kitchen, bathrooms etc instead of mostly aerial shots.
The way you've edited this video into all these short fragments and ultra-close ups, I can't get a sense for the full house. Too bad, I've seen other vids of Sinatra's house, and it was fantastic.
Does anyone know if the “volcano house” that Bob Hope owned overlooked this neighborhood?
It’s 3.5 miles away on Southridge, an estate built up on the mountain. The Bob Hope House has wonderful views of the whole valley but the Twin Palms neighbourhood is in the northern half of town and there are many other neighbourhoods in between the two, this would look like a tiny dot in the distance. Bob Hope’s original Palm Springs home was very modest and unremarkable and very close to the Sinatra House.
The Volcano House is located in Newberry Springs. Huell Howser owned it, not Bob Hope.
@@chewybunz Who is Huell Bowser?..
Oh! Perhaps you mean “Huell Howser” the TV personality? Right?
Well he is gone, passed away in 2013.
Besides there is no mention that he owned that particular house at all, perhaps he owned a house in Palm Springs? Who knows?..
Regardless;
Bob and Delores Hope did own the odd looking “Volcano House” on south bridge drive in Palm Springs,
The house was designed by famed architect “John Lautner” it was finally finished in 1980 much to the dismay of the architect, the Hopes completely altered Lautner’s initial design..
I just found out per your post, that the house is currently owned by an entrepreneur and architecture enthusiast Ron Burkle, He has since 2019 completely renovated and refurbished the house to the initial design that Lautner originally envisioned.
Incidentally John Lautner was a student of the infamous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, So there you have it…
Love frank love the house, this guy speaks a language I hardly understand. He’s describing a painting not a home
If the walls can’t talk .
All of the US profiles' architects or homeowners always speak in an effusive, showy, bombastic tone, (yeck...) whereas the Kiwis/Aussies are more muted and humble (and their homes are prettier). Why is that?
Twin palms is just absolutely beautiful frank had great taste in houses, he left twin palms in palm springs California back in the 1950's, if you go into his house into his bathroom there is a huge crack in the sink where ava Gardner threw a champagne bottle at frank SINATRA, he said yrs later that they had a huge argument & she threw that bottle at his head if he didn't move she would have cracked his head open, that Relationship was a crazy one between the both of them Right from the start but they loved each other madly.
Every home and business should install a rain water collection and storage system along with solar panels.
Even in areas where rain is infrequent it is crazy to waste the little rain that does fall and waste it.
We need to stop planting green lawns and switch to local native plantings around homes.
It is crazy to plant lawns and build golf courses in dry desert areas. We waste too much water and electricity.
the future is electric. Wind and solar energy along with electric vehicles are the future. Stop using fossil fuels. There is a climate crisis.
the simple life ♾️ 💗😎 👙 🎼
Is this the same house where miley cyrus recorded flowers?
Yes
No!
@@kevinkinney1577 In this instance, Google is your friend. For ten years, Sinatra lived in the house where Miley made the video for “Flowers”.
its actually the farralone house by william pereira in chatsworth that the video for flowers was filmed at, not this house in palm springs. sinatra also owned the farralone house.
Using her name with Frank, is blasphemy
Was this on Flowers by Miley?
The channel has been featuring more and more US homes. Prefer homes from AU including the people talking. There’s something about them, the way they tell stories, as well as well as the production that’s lacking with US episodes.
Then watch those episodes instead
The music is a bit much
I've lived around the corner from this house for over twenty years. I have no idea what this guy is talking about or why he's saying these things. The tired house looks cheaply made and in desperate need of a remodel, built in an unremarkable neighborhood. The broken-down house right next door is overgrown with weeds. The "mountain" he refers to is an eye-sore giant pile of brown rocks which reflects the constant heat, which, at the moment is 115 degrees. If you were to swim in the pool, your lungs would burn from the hot air. The house I live in used to belong to a movie star as well, built years prior to the Sinatra house (as was most of the surrounding neighborhood) and it wasn't in open sand dunes -- it was a golf course. No one around here thinks Sinatra's house is anything special, no more than a concrete and tin glorified "shed" with a costly huge pool, a house lacking quality without personality or discernable style, without double-paned windows or insulation (cold in the winter and hot in the summer) with all the charm of an airport terminal. Events thrown there disturb everyone for blocks around especially with a unimpressive impersonator croaking "My Way" off-key at all hours of the night. Parking is a nightmare, as is deliveries/party rentals that clog the street. Iconic? To whom? Infamous? Closer to the truth...
Its kinda irritating - feels like the commentator flowin over the beat
High Modernism...
Just show the house, don’t care what the architect was “feeling”.
Am I the only one that thinks Frank Sinatra was overrated?
Plenty of room to slap a broad is she gets outta line.
Forgot to feature the crack in the master bathroom sink, that happened because Frank was trying to hit his then-wife Mia Farrow in the head with a Champagne bottle. If the internet existed in the 60's, many of our heroes would not be heroes.
Sorry to to tell you it was ava Gardner who threw the bottle at SINATRA they had an argument and she threw the champagne bottle at Frank's head but missed, who ever told you it was Mia farrow told you a lie, the crack was in the sink in his bathroom and it's still there till this day.and he moved out of twin palms back in the late 1950's, Mia farrow was no where around or in the picture at that time, he was still married to ava Gardner at that time.
The photography is not as good as it should be. The little views do not show the house. Use a wide angle lens so the viewer can actually see the house. This is not a rock and roll video, the use of short cuts does not work in this context.
This one didn't appeal to me.
Hmm…this house is somehow completely plain and without any character whatsoever
Franks house and nothing mentioning Frank.. this video is a complete waste of time