Architecture and Design Obsession
A Breezy ’60s Duplex in Long Beach Asks $1.05M
In a leafy Long Beach neighborhood, a modernist post-and-beam duplex by architect Clifton Jones Jr. combines two mirror-image homes.
In a leafy Long Beach neighborhood, a modernist post-and-beam duplex by architect Clifton Jones Jr. combines two mirror-image homes.
Not long after graduating from USC in 1960, architect Clifton Jones Jr. was eager to put his education to work on his family’s property in Long Beach, California.
One of 42 such homes in Long Beach’s Cerritos Circle garden apartment complex, the duplex occupies a 7,306-square-foot lot.
Peter McMenamin
Held by the Jones Family since the 1940s, the property had been used for decades as pasture and training facilities for their thoroughbred racehorses (the paddock was even converted into a victory garden during WWII).
A new door is paired with frosted glass to preserve privacy while allowing light to pass through.
Peter McMenamin
The rock garden landscaping continues from the carport into the front courtyard.
Peter McMenamin
See the full story on Dwell.com: A Breezy ’60s Duplex in Long Beach Asks $1.05M
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