A. Quincy Jones

Los Angeles-based architect

Archibald Quincy Jones (1913–79) was a Los Angeles-based architect and educator who shared the Case Study goal of reinventing the house as a way of redefining the way people lived in post-war America.

Greenbelt planning and green design

A pioneer in greenbelt planning and green design, Jones raised the level of the tract house in California from the simple stucco box to a structure of beauty and logic surrounded by gardens and integrated into the landscape. He introduced new materials and also a new way of living within the built environment, and his work bridged the gap between custom-built and developer-built homes.

Jones's architecture

The exquisite detailing and siting of Jones’s houses, churches, civic and university buildings make them quintessential embodiments of mid-century American architecture. This is the first book published on Jones. It documents his full career, from his post-war planning projects to his long association with Palo Alto building magnate Joseph Eichler.

Jones's life and career

The book is comprised of two parts: a substantial introductory essay tracing Jones’s life and career, with a summary of key projects and his contributions to planning; and a catalogue of sixty of Jones’s projects illustrated with high-quality black-and-white period photographs, and plans and renderings by Jones.

Cory Buckner

Cory Buckner is a practicing architect and writer who, after losing her home in a Malibu fire, bought a house designed by Jones and began to research his work. Cory Buckner obtained her architecture degree from the California Institute of the Arts and an MA in architectural history at the University of California at Los Angeles.