Additional photos from the tour can be viewed at this link.
2007 MAK Tour flickr.com

Don’t miss the 2007 MAK Architecture Tour, Focusing on A. Quincy Jones and The Mutual Housing Association (MHA) Tract (Jones and Whitney Smith, 1946-1950). It’s educational, fun, and supports both the MAK Center and the Crestwood Hills Community Association.

Please join us for this rare opportunity to view privately-owned homes, including seven different MHA models, as well as Jones’ first work, his own home and studio in Laurel Canyon (1938, in partnership with Ruth Schneider), and the St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church (1962) in Studio City. In addition, the tour features the Lohrie House (Rodney Walker, 1947) and the Bernheim House (Ray Kappe, 1961).

Saturday Evening, October 6, 2007
6:30 pm: Lecture by Cory Buckner, architect and author of A. Quincy Jones (Phaidon Press, 2002) at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church (Jones and Frederick E. Emmons, 1962)

Sunday, October 7, 2007
11:00 am to 5:00 pm: Day-long house tour

Ticket prices for Architecture Tour Including Lecture:

Self Driven:
Friends of the Schindler House and students with valid I.D.: $75
General public: $95

Shuttle Bus:
Ride a shuttle bus for an additional $50

Organic lunch available for an additional $16.75

To purchase tickets or download an order form, visit http://www.makcenter.org/MAK_Center_Now , call (323) 651-1510, or email office@makcenter.org.

Become a Friend of the Schindler House and receive a discount on tour tickets! (Members are entitled to 2 discount tickets.)
Please visit http://www.makcenter.org/MAK_Friendship.php to learn more about the benefits of membership and to join online.

The MAK Architecture Tour is the annual fundraiser for the MAK Center for Art & Architecture at the Schindler House, a non-profit organization. A portion of this year’s proceeds will benefit the remodeling of the Crestwood Hills Community Center. Please visit http://www.crestwoodla.com for more information about Crestwood Hills.

Archibald Quincy Jones (1913-1979) was a prolific Los Angeles-based architect and educator known for his innovative, modernist buildings and pioneering work in urban design. The tour features Jones’ work on the groundbreaking cooperative community built for the Mutual Housing Association (MHA) in the Crestwood Hills area of Brentwood from 1946-1950.

Built on a tract of land in the Santa Monica Mountains in an area of Brentwood known as Crestwood Hills, the MHA houses were positioned at odd angles to the street, following the topography of the landscape rather than lining up in arbitrary rows. Jones used building materials in their natural state such as concrete block, redwood siding, exposed plywood and tongue-and-groove ceiling planks, with no applied plaster or paint.

Over time, a fire, demolition and extensive remodeling have destroyed all but thirty-one of the original houses. The MAK Center is pleased to offer this rare opportunity to view a selection of these privately owned homes as well as nearby works by other significant modern architects such as Raymond Kappe. The Jones House and Studio in West Hollywood, Jones’ first work designed in 1938 will also be included. In addition to the MHA site office, the MAK Architecture Tour presents seven house types: model numbers 104, 106X, 108, 109, 111, 105 and 702.

The MAK Tour ticket includes entrance to the Schindler House and gardens on the day of the tour. The MAK Center is located at 835 N. Kings Road in West Hollywood. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m . The MAK Bookstore is open seven days a week, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Regular admission to the Schindler House is $7; $6 students and seniors. Admission and the Schindler by MAK guidebook is $17; $16 students and seniors. Admission is free for children under 12 and Friends of the Schindler House, and on Fridays from 4:00-6:00 p.m.