Cory Buckner is an American architect. Buckner's focus has been on restoration architecture. She received a B.F.A. from the
Chouinard Art Institute
The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879–1969) in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In 1961, Walt and Roy Disney guided the merger of the Chouinard Art In ...
and a M.Arch. from the
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
.
Buckner is noted for her architectural and restoration projects in the
Crestwood Hills section of Los Angeles.
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Working with her husband, Nick Roberts, they both restored a home that was purchased in Crestwood Hills, but after restoring the house, they both led a preservation movement in the neighborhood. This was a part of a housing cooperative called Mutual Housing Association. Fifteen of the 30 remaining houses are considered Historic/Cultural Monuments in Los Angeles.
In 2002, she was awarded the L.A. Preservation Award, “For the inspiring effort to protect and restore the original Mutual Housing Association homes in Crestwood Hills, preserving important examples of Southern California Modernism, and enhancing the sense of community in a unique neighborhood.”
''Los Angeles Magazine'' named Buckner one of "6 Women who Changed The Face of L.A. Architecture."
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Los Angeles Conservancy
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Award.
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Further reading
Books
Buckner, Cory. ''A. Quincy Jones''. Vol. 1, Phaidon Press, 2002.
Buckner, Cory. ''Crestwood Hills: the Chronicle of a Modern Utopia''. Angel City Press, 2015.
Buckner, Cory, and Frederic P. Lyman. ''The Lyman House and the Work of Frederic P. Lyman: Drawing and Building''. Crestwood Hills Press, 2017.
Articles
https://www.thevalueofarchitecture.com/architect/cory-buckner-architects/
https://la.curbed.com/2011/3/29/10475286/cory-buckners-artsy-brentwood-residence-in-crestwood-hills-1
See also
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List of California women architects
The following is a list of women architects in California by region – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and preservation.
Northern California
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References
21st-century American architects
20th-century American architects
Living people
California women architects
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American women
21st-century American women
Chouinard Art Institute alumni
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