William Krisel

William Krisel (November 14, 1924 – June 5, 2017)[1] was an American architect best known for his pioneering designs of mid-century residential and commercial architecture.

In addition to Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and San Diego, and Indian Wells, California large tracts of homes designed by the firm were built in Las Vegas, Florida, and Arizona.

[6] In the 1950s Krisel helped to nearly double the size of Palm Springs by building 2,500 tract homes that still exist today.

[9] Beginning in 1956 with their first Palm Springs tract, Twin Palms, Krisel, the firm's lead designer for desert houses, used variation of orientation and roofline, integration of indoor and outdoor living, and careful use of standardized elements to make modernist design affordable.

Krisel designed the iconic Del Prado condominium tower on Balboa Park for San Diego developer Bill Starr.