Original Mutual Housing Association Home Plans. These are the original MHA home plans given to homebuyers to help them with their model decision. The artist sketches give a good indication of what the original vision for Crestwood Hills would have looked like if fully realized. A few of the models in the catalog were eliminated. [...]

Today one of the original Crestwood Hills Association homes was demolished. It was an 111x model by architects Whitney R. Smith and A. Quincy Jones located at 12361 Deerbrook Lane. This was one of the 33 remaining intact homes of CHA. In just nine days seven original CHA homes will be open for the MAK [...]

From the Press Release: WIRED and LivingHomes—a pioneer in green, prefabricated development— will open the doors to the first ever WIRED Home, a showcase of the best in sustainability, technology and design. This $4 million modernist home in an exclusive enclave of Los Angeles allows luxury and the environment to live together in harmony. The [...]

Over the past decade 16 Homes in Crestwood Hills have been declared Historic-Cultural Monuments.

MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION, 1947-1950 Cory Buckner, Architect Hamma House construction After the war, in 1946, four musicians formed the Cooperative Housing Group. The housing shortage for returning servicemen and the excitement of creating a model community through cooperative methods was forefront in the minds of the original founders. After being discharged from the Army, Ray [...]