There is a moment in the architect’s career that seems especially important to us. Frey convinced its well-off citizens, who were used to the warmth of a never-ending summer, to build a Swiss-made cable car that could transport them from the hearth of the desert up to the alpine landscape of the snowed mountains surrounding the valley: a Meccano built on a 1:1 scale. Of Swiss origin, Frey found in California a source of inspiration for the genesis of his work, although soon the relation with this holiday town turned reciprocal. A journey to the California desert also introduced us to the work of Albert Frey, a disciple of Le Corbusier, who, after passing through New York, decided to change scenes and moved to the peaceful city of Palm Springs, a vacation getaway for the rich and famous of the time. The Case Study Houses were particularly inspiring. A fortunate trip to the city of Los Angeles gave us the possibility to meet first hand the work of architects we had always admired: the Eames, Schindler, Koening, Neutra and Ellwood, as well as their constructive logic and the industrial assembly of their projects.
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