Jon Jerde
Jon Jerde FAIA | |
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Born | Jonathan Adams Jerde January 22, 1940 Alton, Illinois, US |
Died | February 9, 2015 Los Angeles, California, US | (aged 75)
Occupation | Architect |
Children | Jennifer Jerde Castor, Maggie Jerde Joyce, Kate Jerde Cole, Christopher Jerde and Oliver Jerde |
Parents |
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Website | http://jerde.com/ |
Jonathan Adams Jerde,
Early life
Born in Alton, Illinois, he moved often from oil field to oil field, mostly in the West, with his father, Paul, who was a peripatetic engineer for oil companies, and his mother, formerly Marion Adams. When his parents split up, Jerde lived with his mother in the Long Beach, CA area.[2]
Of his youth, Jerde told
Career
Jerde was a graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California.[4]
Horton Plaza
After early years working at Charles Kober Associates on multiple retail projects, including
Jerde's Horton Plaza
Other work
The Jerde Partnership was involved in the design and planning of the
The Jerde Partnership
The firm has developed into a major international company with key urban regeneration projects overseas, including Beursplein in
Completed
Honors
Jerde was named the first recipient of the USC School of Architecture's Distinguished Alumnus award, in 1985, and became a
Death
Jerde died on February 9, 2015, at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles; he had been suffering from cancer and Alzheimer's disease.[4] He was 75.
References
- ^ Ed Leibowitz, "Crowd Pleaser", Los Angeles, February 2002, pp. 48ff.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (February 15, 2018). "Jon Jerde, Architect of Merging Visions, Dies at 75". The New York Times.
- ^ Colker, David (2015-02-09). "Jon Jerde dies at 75; L.A. architect redefined shopping mall, urban spaces". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ a b Colker, David. "Jon Jerde dies at 75; L.A. architect redefined shopping mall, urban spaces". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ Showley, Roger (13 February 2015). "Horton Plaza architect redesigned us". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ New Left Review
- ^ jerde.com Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The fall of Horton Plaza | San Diego Reader".
- ^ Worldcatlibraries.org
- ^ "Balcony press". Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Architect Magazine".
- ^ "press release".
- ^ "Mira website".
- ^ "Huntington Beach's Pacific City complex aims to draw locals, tourists". Los Angeles Times. 12 June 2014.
- ^ Frances Anderton, "Jon Jerde, Design Czar for the 1984 Olympics Who Remade Retail Destinations, Dies at 75", KCRW, February 9, 2015.