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The Calvin House: wide eaves and glass walls over the pool, in afternoon light.
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4965 Calvin Avenue · Tarzana · Completed

Calvin Avenue

Post and beam / whitewashed board / restored light

A. Quincy Jones, 1960

Post and beam, whitewashed board, and the light restored.

The house

Address
4965 Calvin Avenue, Tarzana
Original architect
A. Quincy Jones, FAIA, 1960
Setting
The Royal Homes tract, Tarzana
Size
About 2,200 sq ft, four bedrooms, single storey
Press
Good Housekeeping, 1961
Status
Completed

Case study

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    The idea

    A 1960 house by A. Quincy Jones in the Royal Homes tract: a single storey of post and beam under wide eaves, glass to the pool, published by Good Housekeeping in 1961.

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    Material and detail

    Whitewashed board-and-batten, exposed wood ceilings, sky-blue entry doors, teak millwork, terrazzo and polished concrete floors.

The full case study for this house is in preparation.

Credits

Photography via Partridge Estates Group and Dwell, 2021.

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