William Krisel, architect of Elvis Presley's Honeymoon House passes away at 92
AP - William Krisel, a modernist architect who designed 40,000 tract homes imbued with now-iconic Southern California touches such as butterfly roofs, post-and-beam construction and swimming pools, has died. He was 92. Krisel (pronounced KRYE’-sel) died Monday at his condominium in Beverly Hills, part of a complex he designed, said Chris Menrad, a longtime friend and president of the Palm Springs Modern Committee, a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving desert modern architecture. Krisel's House of Tomorrow, Elvis Presley's honeymoon house Krisel’s work includes the Palm Springs “House of Tomorrow,” a three-story estate built in concentric circles, where Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned in 1967. Elvis Presley's honeymoon house today Krisel and his longtime business partner, the late Dan Palmer, also designed dozens of custom homes in the wealthy Bel Air and Brentwood neighborhoods of Los Angeles. But it was tract homes that made Krisel’s nam...