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9780714848433

A Quincy Jones

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  • ISBN13:

    9780714848433

  • ISBN10:

    0714848433

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-10-22
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press
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Summary

This is the first book published on Los Angeles architect Archibald Quincy Jones (1913-1979), a pioneer in affordable housing designed with a modern aesthetic.The introductory essay traces Jones's life and career, his post-war planning projects and his long association with Palo Alto building magnate Joseph Eichler.The book contains a catalogue of sixty of Jones's projects illustrated with high-quality black and white period photographs, as well as plans and renderings by Jones.These projects are quintessential examples of mid-twentieth-century American architecture.

Author Biography

Cory Buckner is a practising architect and writer who bought a house designed by Jones and began to research his work. She obtained her architecture degree from the California Institute of the Arts and an MA in Architectural History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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