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A. (Archibald) Quincy Jones, FAIA, (1913 - 1979) was a prolific Los Angeles-based architect and educator known for innovative buildings in the modernist style and for urban planning that pioneered the use of greenbelts and green design. 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Modernism is a cultural movement that generally includes progressive art and architecture, music and literature which emerged in the decades before 1914, as artists rebelled against late 19th century academic and historicist traditions. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with the physical, social and economic development of metropolitan regions, municipalities and neighborhoods. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ... Green design is the catch-all term for a growing industry trend within the fields of architecture, construction, and interior design. ...

Archibald Quincy Jones was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1913. He was raised in the city of Gardena, in Southern California, but finished high school in Seattle. Afterwards he attended the University of Washington and graduated with a degree in architecture in 1936. After marrying a fellow architecture student, Jones returned to Los Angeles, working first in the offices of the modernist architects Douglas Honnold and George Vernon Russell from 1936 to 1937, and Burton A. Schutt from 1937 to 1939. From 1939 to 1940 he worked for the renowned architect Paul R. Williams. Next he worked for Allied Engineers, Inc. of San Pedro from 1940 to 1942, where he met the architect Frederick Emmons, with whom he would later partner. Jones was responsible for the development and layout of Roosevelt Base in San Pedro and the Naval Reserve Air Base in Los Alamitos. Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of the Nation Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 240 mi; 385 km 300 mi; 480 km 1. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Gardena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ... Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal or colloquially, the Southland, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the state of California. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. ... San Pedro is a community within Los Angeles, California, annexed in 1909 and a major seaport of the area. ...

In 1942 Jones received his California architect certification, divorced and received a commission as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy. He was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was serving in the Pacific theater. Discharged from the Navy in 1945, Jones returned to Los Angeles and opened his own architectural office in one of the two buildings of the house in Laurel Canyon he had built with his former wife. By 5:00 pm on his first day of business Jones had secured his first client. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... The fifth United States Naval ship named Lexington (CV-16), also known as The Blue Ghost, was laid down as Cabot 15 July 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Co. ...

The years after the war again saw Jones partnering with Paul R. Williams on several projects in the Palm Springs area. These include the Palm Springs Tennis Club (1947), the Town & Country restaurant (1948), and the restaurant Romanoffs On the Rocks (1950). Jones also participated in John Entenza's Case Study House program. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Case Study Houses were experiments in residental architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the residential housing boom caused by the end of...

The December 1950 issue of the magazine Architectural Forum featured a 'Builder's House of the Year' designed by A. Quincy Jones. The same issue also awarded the innovative Palo Alto building magnate Joseph Eichler 'Subdivision of the Year.' Eichler then invited Jones to tour the Palo Alto development he had just completed where he suggested to Jones that the Builder of the Year team with the Architect of the Year. This relationship continued until Joseph Eichler's death in 1974. It was through this relationship that Jones was provided both the venue and the freedom to implement his concepts of incorporating park-like common areas in tract housing developments. His were some of the first greenbelts incorporated into moderate income tract housing in the United States. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joseph Eichler was one of the merchant builders. ... Downtown Palo Alto Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. Palo Alto is located at the northern end of the Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University (which is technically located in an adjacent area — Stanford, California), and... Joseph Eichler was one of the merchant builders. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...

The Eichler commission prompted Jones to form a partnership with his prewar acquaintance, the architect Frederick Emmons. The Jones and Emmons partnership lasted from the early months of 1951 until Emmons' retirement in December 1969. Their efforts and designs are reflected in some 5,000 of Eichler's homes by Emmons' estimate. Jones and Emmons were awarded national AIA Firm of the Year in 1969. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

Jones was also a professor and later dean of architecture at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture from 1951 through 1967. By the 1960s Jones was designing a number of university campus buildings and larger office buildings, including the 1963 IBM Aerospace Headquarters in Westchester, California. Several University of California campuses feature significant examples of Jones' work. In 1966 Jones designed "Sunnylands," the 650 acre (2.6 km²) estate and 32,000 square foot (3,000 m²) home of Walter Annenberg in Rancho Mirage, California. The University of Southern California (also known as USC, SC, Southern California and Southern Cal), Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) NYSE: IBM (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, NY, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services and consulting services. ... Westchester is the name of some places in the United States of America: Westchester, Los Angeles, California Westchester, Florida Westchester, Illinois Westchester County, New York There are also some places written West Chester: West Chester, Ohio West Chester, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Walter H. Annenberg Walter H. Annenberg (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was a billionaire publisher and philanthropist. ... Rancho Mirage is a city located in Riverside County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ...

Jones raised the tract house in California from the simple stucco box to a logically designed structure integrated into the landscape and surrounded by greenbelts. He introduced new materials as well as a new way of living within the built environment and popularized an informal, outdoor-oriented open plan. More than just abstractions of the suburban ranch house, most Jones and Emmons designs incorporated a usable atrium, high ceilings, post-and-beam construction and walls of glass. For the postwar moderate-income family, his work bridged the gap between custom-built and developer-built homes. Jones often took advantage of industrial prefabricated units to provide affordable yet refined architecture. His larger buildings brought innovations to the integration of mechanical systems improving their efficiency and maximizing retrievable space. Jones' aesthetic style, precise detailing and siting make his buildings quintessential embodiments of mid-century American architecture. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... A dingbat apartment in southern California A dingbat (also called a stucco box or a shoebox), is a type of architecturally undistinguished apartment building that flourished in the Sun Belt region of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Table of architecture, Cyclopaedia, 1728 The following article focuses on built environment, the architecture of spaces designed for human habitation. ...

Significant buildings

• 1938 Jones House and Studio, 8661 Nash, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
• 1947 Palm Springs Tennis Club Addition, with Paul R. Williams. Palm Springs, California
• 1948
  • Town & Country Restaurant, with Paul R. Williams. Palm Springs, California. (altered)
  • Romanoff's on the Rocks, Palm Springs, California (altered)
  • Nordlinger House, 11492 Thurston Circle, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California
• 1950
  • Mutual Housing Association Development, with Smith and Contini. Los Angeles, California
  • Hvistendahl House, San Diego
• 1951 Campbell Hall School, 4717 Laurel Canyon, North Hollywood, California
• 1952 House, Bienveneda and Marquette Streets, Pacific Palisades, California
• 1954 Emmons House, 661 Brooktree, Pacific Palisades, California
  • U.S. Gypsum Research Villiage House, Barrington, Illinois
• 1955 Jones House, 1223 Tigertail Road, Los Angeles (destroyed by fire)
• 1956 Eichler Steel House X-100, San Mateo, California
• 1957 Lido Sands Development, Lido Isle (Newport Beach), California (82 houses)
• 1959 Biological Sciences Building, University of California at Santa Barbara
• 1960 Faculty Center, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
• 1961 Case Study House No. 24, Chatsworth, California (unbuilt)
• 1963 Shorecliff Tower Apartments, 535 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California
• 1964
  • Joseph Eichler Housing Development, Granada Hills, California
  • University Research Library, unit I, University of California at Los Angeles
  • Laguna Eichler Apartments, 66 Cleary Court, San Francisco, California
  • Joseph Eichler Housing Development, Thousand Oaks, California
  • Long Beach Naval Station Family Housing, Long Beach, California
• 1966
  • Walter Annenberg Estate "Sunnylands," Rancho Mirage, California
  • Carillon Tower, University of California, Riverside, California
• 1967 Chemistry Building, University of California, Riverside, California
• 1971 Research Library, unit II, University of California, Los Angeles, California
• 1975 Mandeville Center for the Arts, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, California
• 1976 Annenberg School of Communication, unit I, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California
• 1979 Annenberg School of Communication, unit II, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California

Additional reading

• A Quincy Jones by Cory Buckner. Phaidon Press Inc., May 2002. 272 pages. ISBN 0714840742
• Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream by Paul Adamson. Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2002.