Sun Villa Remodel - rekindling a legacy of affordable architecture
Claret-Cup·Glendale, United States
Sun Villa Remodel - rekindling a legacy of affordable architecture
- Year
- 2021
- Type
- Residential
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- Claret-Cup
- Location
- Glendale, United States
The project is the remodeling of and addition to a rare surviving specimen of a Sun Villa by architect A. Quincy Jones, which - in Jones’ words - was designed to be a “good, contemporary, low-cost” model home, and won the Builder House of the Year AIA Award in 1950. In the middle of an affordability crisis in Southern California, our project aims to demonstrate that it is possible to refurbish sensitively and affordably, taking clues from the ethos of the Sun Villa. A key strategy of the original design was the small ratio of interior building footprint to usable living space, achieved by incorporating hardscaped patios, courtyards and exterior storage areas into the site plan.
The project is the remodeling of and addition to a rare surviving specimen of a Sun Villa by architect A. Quincy Jones, which - in Jones’ words - was designed to be a “good, contemporary, low-cost” model home, and won the Builder House of the Year AIA Award in 1950. In the middle of an affordability crisis in Southern California, our project aims to demonstrate that it is possible to refurbish sensitively and affordably, taking clues from the ethos of the Sun Villa. A key strategy of the original design was the small ratio of interior building footprint to usable living space, achieved by incorporating hardscaped patios, courtyards and exterior storage areas into the site plan.