Esoteric Survey

There is a New England style barn on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles. It was originally designed in 1950 as a photographer’s studio. 

In 1965, A.Quincy Jones (seen here) purchased the building and remodeled it after his home burned down. He referred to it as “the Barn.” It was his home and workplace until his death in 1979. His wife Elaine continued to live in there until 2009.Source:  Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles


1966 interior with Eames and other Herman Miller as far as the eye can see.
Source:  Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
1966 and more Eames
Source:  Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Source:  Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Here was in the scene in 2002, with some David Cressey/Rober Martin planters for Architectural Pottery. The pots went up for auction at LAMA in 2010, after Elaine moved out of the house. Photo: La Times Magazine via An Eclectic Eccentric
This Eames Hang-it-all , a gift from Ray…

Alexander Girard paper
A. Quincy Jones, Builder's Homes for Better Living and an LTR that was once belonged to him.
LTRs in "The Barn". The Textile & Objects posters in the top picture also came from the Jones estate, via LAMA. Source:  Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Reading material

Raymor, Tom Tramel, Rupert Desse, Brent Bennet,

Haas house by A. Quincy Jones and Whitney Smith in Crestwood Hills(originally the Mutual Housing Association)/ Los Angeles, 1950
House by Sam Kiyotoki, also in Crestwood Hills,1958
Sturges house by Frank Lloyd Wrightin Brentwood / Los Angeles, 1939 John Lautner oversaw the construction of this Usonian masterpiece.
Jack Larson (not Lenor) lives in the house. He was Jimmy Olsen on the 1950sAdventures of Superman TV series.
That's how to cantilever.

A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living, at The Hammer Museum
Architecture exhibits are a hard thing to pull off.  There are only so many plans, models and photographs you can look at,  but the Hammer did a good job with this one.
 There were a few areas where they set up large photo walls, like here with the "Eichler experience".   They also had a Billy Haines vignette for the "fussy-modern" set. Too bad they didn't have the Eichler wallpaper  for sale in the gift shop.
This is the point of the exhibit where security busted me for taking pictures. In my defense, I didn't see a sign. The one thing I really wanted to get a photo of was the original Mutual Housing Association certificate they had on display.  That's one of my favorite Jones projects. Anyway, if you're an architecture fan, you should check out the exhibit.
While I was at the Hammer, President Obama and China's President Xi were  also experiencing Jones Architecture,  but for real, at Sun…