Edward Abel Killingsworth

Partial List of Projects

Case Study “Triad” House A (1960)
2342 Rue de Anne
*One of only three (hence “Triad”) San Diego examples of the 36-building Case Study program sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine editor John Entenza and USC’s School of Architecture (1945 -’66) to promote modernism as a stylish, livable architectural form. Situated three feet below street level, House A’s 10-foot front door is reached via a pre-cast concrete path floated over a shallow reflecting pool. This 6-room modified U-plan is the most complex of the three re-sawn tongue & groove redwood boarded houses.

Case Study “Triad” House B (1960)
2343 Rue de Anne
*This 3-bedroom, 2-bath house was originally designed such that all of its rooms were arranged around courts and a loggia enabling its occupants to reach any room without crossing another.

Case Study “Triad” House C (1960)
2329 Rue de Anne
*The simplest plan of the three, House C engages the visitor, with according to Killingsworth, “an elusive, friendly quality.” Each room is extended by a focal point or view through glass and its 10-foot ceilings.

Case Study House #26
Point Loma
*This unbuilt project, also known as they Nugent Pavillion was designed for a lot that structural engineer William Nugent purchased. The house was to be partially surrounded by water, in the form of a reflecting pool, and an interior courtyard garden was to be roofed in plastic.

Del Rey Hotel and Apartments (ca. 1954)
3455 Del Rey Street, Pacific Beach
*This project was included in UC Santa Barbara’s University Art Museum show A Beautiful Nothing: The Architecture of Edward A. Killingsworth. Apparently the Del Rey was the first hotel apartment building that Killingsworth, Brady & Smith ever completed. The firm had been primarily residential to that point.