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"Designers' Own Homes: Jim Jennings\nEmphasizing Form and Light in His Elegantly Spare Palm Springs Retreat\n\"Everything is consonant with the impulse of small, simple refuge,\" San Francisco architect Jim Jennings says of the Palm Springs house he and writer Therese Bissell use as a weekend retreat.\nWith the San Jacinto Mountains as its backdrop, the structure is defined by concrete-block grid patterns and a floating roof separated from the wall by a clerestory. \"The house is an antidote to urban living,\" says Jennings.\nA clear-anodized-aluminum pivoting door leads from the carport to the front courtyard, which also functions as the main dining area.\nInside, the concrete-block grid of the exterior walls is replaced by a square grid that is also reflected in the paving. \"The proportions break down the scale to smaller units,\" says the architect. \"It is more residential, more intimate. In a subtle way, the square grid shifts your perception of the size and scale of the place you're in.\"\nTelescoping doors open to connect the pool deck and the living area, where an architectural drawing by John Holmes shares a shelf with an Eames splint.\nDescartes by John Torrey leans against a kitchen wall. Undercounter refrigerator, Sub-Zero.\nThe living room's teak table is one of several nautical-inspired elements.\nBlack Wave by Pierre Guettier hangs on the bedroom wall. \"All of the art is weather-resistant,\" says Jennings. Calvin Klein bedcovering. Parentesi floor lamp by Flos.\nThe lap pool occupies the entire eastern edge of the courtyard, which comprises approximately half of the compound's space.\n1 carport\n\n 2 dining courtyard\n\n 3 living area\n\n 4 kitchen\n\n 5 bath\n\n 6 bedroom\n\n 7 pool courtyard\n\n 8 pool\nSubscribe to Architectural Digest"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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