A. Quincy Jones :
building for better living / edited by Brooke Hodge ; with new photography by
Jason Schmidt
DelMonico Books-Prestel [etc.], Munich [etc.] : 2013
223 p. : il.
Catálogo de la exposición del mismo título celebrada en el Hammer
Museum de Los Angeles del 25 de mayo al 8 de septiembre de 2013
ISBN 9783791352657
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“Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living” is the first major museum
retrospective of the Los Angeles-based architect’s work and pays special
attention to the unique collaborative nature of his practice. The exhibition is
presented as part of the larger Getty-sponsored initiative Pacific Standard
Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. Archibald Quincy Jones (1913–1979),
who was known as Quincy, practiced architecture in Los Angeles from 1937 until
his death in 1979. A quiet modernist and dedicated architecture professor at
the University of Southern California, Jones worked to bring a high standard of
design to the growing middle class by reconsidering and refining postwar
housing and emphasizing cost-effective, innovative, and sustainable building
methods. In addition, Jones is among the first architects of this period to
view developments as an opportunity to build community through shared green
spaces, varied home models, and non-grid site planning. Jones is credited with
over 5,000 built projects, most of which still exist today, as the clients and
homeowners shared Jones’s compassion for ‘better living.’ Known by architects
for designing from the inside out, Jones’s homes and buildings are celebrated
for expansive interior spaces, thoughtful and efficient building layouts, and a
reverence for the outdoors, which still resonates in contemporary design today.
“A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living” is organized by guest curator
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Head of Department/Associate Curator of Architecture
+ Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
LINKS
Hammer | A. Quincy
Jones: Building for Better Living
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