First Event for the Newly Launched San Fernando Conservancy Highlights Palmer and Krisel’s Corbin Palms Enclave
Saturday, June 11th inaugurated the first event of the newly constituted San Fernando Conservancy of the Museum of the San Fernando Valley. Six homes from the Corbin Palms housing development, designed by the renown midcentury architects Dan Palmer and William Krisel were opened to the public by their proud owners. The homes, built between 1953 and 1955, were precursors to their most well known work, their famous “butterfly” houses built in Palm Springs for the Alexander Construction Company. The Corbin Palms homes, which featured five original floor plans, plus a sixth house which was rebuilt as a two story home by the owner after a fire, share an open plan design, which makes relatively small homes seem larger as the outside spaces are brought inside by the use of many large windows, as well as an almost organic relationship to the lot, dotted with many small courtyard spaces. The homes on display share a common love of modern design and a dedication to preserving the midcen