butterfly rooflines, glass walls, rock facings and exposed ceilings. Frey's buildings helped establish Palm Springs as a progressive desert mecca for innovative modern architecture during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He produced designs for the spectrum of architectural commissions, from bespoke custom homes to institutional and public buildings, most of which are still in use today. In comparison with his contemporary and fellow European transplant, Richard Neutra, Frey's designs are more integrated into the surrounding landscape and draw from the local surroundings for color and metaphor. In contrast to Neutra, Frey's designs are more commercial and less philosophically dogmatic, and hence more accessible. By embracing the American idiom while incorporating the modernist philosophy influenced by Le Corbusier, Frey produced a new regional vernacular. In 1996, he was awarded the Neutra Award for Professional Excellence. A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to Frey in 2010. Notes References External links Modernist architects Expressionist architects 1903 births 1998 deaths Modernist architects from the United States Modernist architecture in California Artists from Palm Springs, California People from Zürich Burials at Welwood Murray Cemetery 20th-century Swiss architects 20th-century American architects Architects from California Swiss emigrants to the United States