Qualla: Hope Residence https://qualla.com/hope-residence en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Hope Residence https://qualla.com/hope-residence Hope Residence: Introduction https://qualla.com/hope-residence/ Bob Hope looked at John Lautner's architectural model in 1969 and delivered what might be his most succinct review: "Well, at least when they come down from Mars they'll know where to go." It was a joke, of course — Hope was constitutionally incapable of not making one — but it also captured something real about the design he and his wife Dolores had commissioned. The Hope Residence, set on Southridge Drive above Palm Springs, is the kind of building that makes you wonder whether the architect was drawing plans or writing science fiction.

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]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/j/0/hope-residence-wp/9qj0-hope-residence-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hope Residence: Geometry at the Edge of the Desert https://qualla.com/hope-residence/ The house sits in a gated community above Palm Springs, with panoramic views of the Coachella Valley and the San Jacinto Mountains. At 23,600 square feet, it is not a modest building, and Lautner's design made no concessions to modesty. A large conical chimney rises from an exter...

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]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/j/0/hope-residence-wp/9qj0-hope-residence-from-mars-to-the-market.mp3 0:06 4 full Hope Residence: Reborn in Natural Materials https://qualla.com/hope-residence/ Following the 2016 sale, the former site architect of the Hope House, Helena Arghuete, managed the remodeling. Her approach honored Lautner's modernist vision by stripping the interiors and replacing the existing décor with natural materials — an effort to recover the house's ori...

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