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Title
Smith and Williams: Mutual Housing Association (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Creator
Smith and Williams, architects Whitney Smith, architect A. Quincy Jones, architect Edward Contini, engineer
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Publication Information
Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum
Collection
Smith and Williams
Rights Information
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
Description
In 1946, a group of four friends decided to pool their resources and buy land in the hills above Sunset Boulevard to build homes for their families. The group soon grew to over 400 interested parties, and the group became the Mutual Housing Association, which purchased over 800 acres of hilly land to build on. The group chose Whitney Smith, A. Quincy Jones, and Edgar Contini to design the modern houses, a park, and community center. The project was named Crestwood Hills, and the original architects drew up plans for 29 different house plans- each sited on a lot to provide unobstructed views.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
adc_175
http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/563
Language
English
Place
Los Angeles, Calif.
Source
Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Relation
adc_175

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