SUN VILLA HOUSE BY A. QUINCY JONES  

Please join the L.A. Forum and the architects of Claret-Cup for a tour of the renovated Sun Villa home by A. Quincy Jones.

Location: Glendale - address will be sent to ticket holders.

PARKING IS LIMITED- we encourage carpooling and rider apps.

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The L.A. Forum is pleased to announce a rare opportunity to tour one of the few surviving Sun Villas designed by modernist architect A. Quincy Jones—now beautifully restored and updated for contemporary living.

Originally conceived in 1950 as a low-cost model home, the Sun Villa earned the prestigious AIA Builder House of the Year award and stood as a prototype for elegant, efficient suburban design. Yet despite its accolades, only a small number of these homes were ever built, primarily in the San Diego area. This particular house, quietly nestled in Glendale, is a true gem—both for its architectural pedigree and its remarkable journey from obscurity to revival.

The renovation was guided by restraint: architects Claret-Cup’s goal was to peel back layers of misguided alterations added over the decades and allow the original design to re-emerge. They restored the home’s spatial transparency and post-and-beam elegance, enhancing it with subtle modern upgrades to improve thermal performance and comfort, while preserving the delicate indoor-outdoor flow that defined Jones’s work.

We invite you to see it for yourself.

Join us for an exclusive tour of this rare A. Quincy Jones Sun Villa. 

This tour is presented by the L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. 

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