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194 Santa Catalina Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 On a site of undisturbed native vegetation, the desert retreat designed by San Francisco architect Jim Jennings for himself is defined by an 8-foot-high concrete wall that supports a steel roof structure and encloses two courtyards. Unlike the traditional post-and-beam model where glass expanses blur the boundary between landscape and building, this house is about the walled enclosure marking the building as volume and mass. What is adapted from mid-century design is the logic and clarity of an unconventional residential structural system - and the virtue of supreme indoor-outdoor living on a small scale. The award-winning residence has been featured in Architectural Digest and several international publications.

Coinciding with Vogue’s Fashion Night Out in London, was the launch of a fashion related exhibition curated by Jules Wright from the Wapping Bankside Gallery in London on September 8 th , 2011. The exhibition highlights a selection of works by fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville and takes place at the Donna Karan flagship store in the West End from 9 th  September to 15 th  October 2011. Deborah Turbeville’s influential and avant-garde exhibition follows the successful Lillian Bassman exhibition at the store. Her out-of-age iconic style, the way she manages to illustrate sophistication, aristocracy and sensuality in her photographs is her signature. The location of the exhibition couldn’t be any more perfect. It belongs to the fashion world, and Donna Karan is the perfect store for those photographs to be showcased. The Fashion Pictures © Deborah Turbeville Her vision is one of poetry and decadence. Her works are both commercial and artistic. She seeks the scenes for her d...