Dave Duplanty Architects, 1980: The Charles & Anne Taylor home, perched at the crest of the guard gated community of Thunderbird Heights in Rancho Mirage, known as the playground to presidents & home to top entertainers & professional athletes. Considered one of the most, exclusive, prestigious, & historic neighborhoods in the greater Palm Springs desert area. This magnificent ~7700 square foot, Mid-Century Modern-style entertainers' 3 bed, 4 bath home with a 1 bed, 1 bath guest home is sited on a ~.75 acre lot boasting spectacular panoramic Coachella valley lights and mountain views of the desert. Featured in Palm Springs Life Magazine in November 1985, the remarkable home has impressive grand volumes, massive open continuous living-spaces for entertaining, soaring high ceilings, & walls of sliding windows. Guests enter through a towering, covered courtyard pathway surrounded by a reflecting pool. Exquisite carved wooden entry doors open to extraordinary over-sized grand sunken living room w/ firep