As Palm Springs celebrates Modernism Week, visitors might wonder what qualifies a building as mid-century modern.

One hint is to find out who the architect is. Palm Springs has been home to mid-century architects John Porter Clark, William Cody, Albert Frey and Donald Wexler. The city boasts hundreds of examples of the architecture that continues to inspire generations of builders.

Sidney Williams, associate curator at the Palm Springs Art Museum, offers other pointers on how to discern mid-century modern architecture from its copycats:

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