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JIM JENNINGS, FAIA (1940-)
Jennings was born in Santa Barbara CA and grew up around Los Angeles. When he was seven years old, his father died and his family moved to the orange groves in Redlands CA. He enrolled in engineering at the University of California Berkeley, but switched to the architecture program and graduated in 1966. He founded Jim Jennings Architecture in 1975.
1971 - The Lakeland Village Condominium and Townhouses, aka Lakeland Village Resort, 3535 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe CA. Designed in collaboration with Mackinley Winnacker Architects. Developed by Grubb and Ellis.
1971 - aka Projector House. Conceptual project. Unbuilt.
1973 - aka House in the Boulders, Lake Tahoe CA. Status unknown.
1974 - The Orindawoods Townhouses, Orinda CA. Designed with Mackinlay, Winnacker and McNeil. The townhomes were part of the Orindawoods development, which included estate homes, 1/2-acre home sites, as well as 46 townhomes built in clusters. Example photos from 621 Greystone Terrace.
1977 - The Hallford House, Piedmont CA. Unbuilt.
1978 - The California Ranch. Status unknown.
1980 - aka Northstar Cabin, Truckee CA. Sold to a group of attorney friends. Built. Status unknown.
1987 - The Jim Jennings House, aka House Near the Water, Lafayette CA. Unbuilt.
1987 - The Gary and Chara Schreyer House, 2101 Mill Creek Road, Healdsburg CA. Designed with Bill Stout as Jennings + Stout. Alterations designed in 1992 by Jennings. Located on a 63-acre vineyard property; interiors by Gary Hutton. Sold.
1990 - The James Goodman and Lilah Toland Residence, 10 Avenida Olema, Stinson Beach CA. Commissioned in 1986. Structural engineer, R. E. Lindahl. Built by John Yoder/Paragon. Featured in GA Houses 31. Part of it, Phase 1, got built. Status unknown.
1991 - The John _____ House, 319 Arkansas Street, San Francisco CA. Sold to Scott Loly. Sold in 2018 to Sung Min and Jonathan Arena. Sold in 2021 to Jory Bidart.
1996 - The Marion Greene and LEF Foundation House and Gallery, 1095 Lodi Lane, St. Helena CA. Designed by Kuth Ranieri Architects (Byron Kuth and Elizabeth Ranieri) in collaboration with Jennings for Marion Greene, president of the LEF Foundation. The project converted an 1880s stone building, the former York Winery, into offices and a gallery for the foundation and a private residence. 4,000 sf. Built by Cello and Maudru; gardens by Ron Lutsko. Won an AIA National Honor Award for Interiors and an AIA San Francisco Best of the Bay Award. Sold in 2025.
1994 - The Leslie Becker House, aka Oakland Hills House, 119 Strathmoor Drive, Berkeley CA. 2024 sf. Replaced a house lost to the Oakland Firestorm wildfire of 1991. Featured in GA Houses 46. Built by Oliver and Company; structural Kevin Clinch.
1994 - The Gordon Copas and Burl D. Holland House, aka Upper Rockridge House, 116 Sheridan Road, Oakland CA. 1709 sf. Eight steel columns in the center hold steel beams that cantilever 20 feet at each end.
1994 - The Michael Kane House, Ross CA. Built. Sold. Status unknown.
1996 - The Stephen and Nancy Oliver House, Oliver-Brady House, aka LIght House, 340 Lombard, San Francisco CA. Sold to Bill Brady. Status unknown.
1996 - The Vivian Stephenson and Margarita Gandia House, aka Calistoga House, 3991 Mountain Home Ranch Road, Calistoga CA. 15 acres. Commissioned in 1994. Interiors by Gary Hutton. A studio and pool house have been added. Sold in 2008 to Allison J. and Ronald C. Espeseth Jr. Sold in 2014 to 3991 Mtn Home Ranch Rd Associates LLC.
1997 - The Steve and Nancy Oliver House, aka Telegraph Hill House, 340 Lombard Street, San Francisco CA. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 1998; GA Houses 56. Built by the owners. Located on 1/6th of an acre, the 5,200sf concrete structure has a 50-foot-tall cylindrical tower with foot-thick walls. The house has underground parking for nine cars. Sold around 2002 to the William J. Brady Trust. Sold later in 2022 to the Terrence Fencher Family.
1997 - The William and Patricia Wilson House, aka House in Northern California, 445 Pine Hill Road, Hillsborough CA. Featured in GA Houses 52. Built by Webcor; project architect, Cheri Fraser; structural, Nishkian Associates; mechanical, Crutchfield; lighting, Dodt Electric. Still owned by the Wilsons as of 2020.
1998 - The Natoma Street Steel Arch Lofts, 85 Natoma Street, San Francisco CA. Nine units listed as artist live and work space. Seized by eminent domain in 2010 for a transit center. Destroyed in 2011. Bottom photo by Laurie Cheung.
1998 - The Katherine Petty House, 313 Upper Toyon Drive, Ross CA. Sold in 2020 to 313 Upper Toyon LLC.
2001 - The Scott Kivel and Lia Lund House, 18400 State Route 1, Marshall CA. Sold to Kelli Dunaj. Sold in 2019 to Edna Raine Coker.
2002 - The SoMa House and Guest House, aka Howard Street House, 464 Tehama Street and 967 Howard Street, San Francisco CA. 4500 sf. The main house faces Tehama Street with the guest house across the courtyard on an adjacent lot. Built by Ryan Associates. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 2002. Sold to Clive and Cynthia Bode. Sold in 2010 to Troy Martin Cox and Adeo Alday.
2003 - The Oliver Ranch Studio, aka Visiting Artists House, 22205 River Road, Geyersville CA. Designed with David Rabinowitch. A guest house for visiting artists to Steve and Nancy Oliver's 100-acre property, which has become an outdoor museum of contemporary works. The guest house/studio comprises a pair of residential units framed by two concrete walls that were poured in place and feature carvings by Rabinowitch. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 2003. Awarded by the AIASF in 2005. In 2008, the Wall Street Journal described the house as "one of the five most influential and inspiring houses of the past decade."
2003 - The Wong House, aka Brookvale Residence, 1810 Brookvale Road, Hillsborough CA. Commissioned in 2000. Built by Oliver and Company; landscape by Andrea Cochran. 8,188 sf, with a cabana and guest house, bordering a private golf course. Sold in 2025. Photo courtesy of Hope Pilch, C&H Realty.
2003 - The Tom and Billie DiMare Addition, La Quinta CA. Commissioned in 1996. Built. Status unknown.
2004 - The Lucas Artists Residency Writers' Studios, Studios 50 and 51, Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga CA. Designed beginning in 1998 in collaboration with sculptor Richard Serra and poet Czeslaw Milosz. A pair of live/work studios for resident writers, part of the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program, which opened in 2004 on the historic Villa Montalvo estate. Photo courtesy of Montalvo Arts Center.
2004 - The Thomas W. and Gayle S. Rimerman House, aka Napa House, 3882 Silverado Trail, Calistoga CA. Located on 60 wooded acres in Napa Valley.
2005 - The Jim Jennings House, aka Desert One, 194 West Santa Catalina Road, Palm Springs CA. A concrete block wall encloses 2,900 sf with a climate-controlled living area of 730 sf. Sold in 2013 to Todd Goddard and Andrew Mandolene. Sold in 2018 to Robert M. Johnson Jr.
2007 - The Norah and Norman Stone Art Cave, Pool, and Pavilion, 4301 Azaela Springs Way, Calistoga CA. Located next to their refurbished 1887 farmhouse. Overall project is 16 acres. Features two James Turrell Skyscape structures.
2007 - The Elizabeth Grossman House, aka Lanikai House, 1240 Mokulua Drive, Kailua HI. Features sliding teak screens, polished concrete, and brushed stainless steel. Property includes a 4-bedroom main house, 4-bedroom guesthouse, and a 1-bedroom caretaker's cottage. Sold in 2021 to the Kanaloa Chamber Orchestra LLC.
2013 - The Michael and Sandra Waldman House, aka Deepwell House, aka Desert Two, 1525 Avenida Olancha, Palm Springs CA. 2200 sf. Spec house developed by Dave McAdam and built on the last open lot in the Deep Wells Estates subdivision. Built with 42 steel panels from Blue Sky Building Systems. For sale in 2024.
2014 - The Stephen and Maryan Ackley House I, aka Carmel House, 32 Tehama, Carmel CA. Gated community, no public access. Built by Carroll and Strong; landscape, Bernard Trainor; interiors, Kay Kollar; structural, Ficcadenti Waggoner and Castle Structural Engineers. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 2015. 6900 sf on 5 acres. Likely sold.
2015 - aka Desert 3, 1921 Rancho Vista Trail, Palm Springs CA. Includes a small guest house. Sold in 2021 to Stephen Rose. Sold in 2023.
2019 - The Stephen and Maryan Ackley House II, aka Pebble Beach House, 3379 Alva Lane, Pebble Beach CA. 6700 sf. Structural engineer, Borm; built by Pacific Peninsula Group. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 2020.
Around 2010 - The David McAdam House, aka Joshua Tree House, Joshua Tree CA. Unbuilt.
Year unknown - The St. Helena Village Subdivision, St. Helena CA. Unbuilt.
Around 1988 - The Robert Stein Remodel, Berkeley CA. Built. Status unknown.
1993 - The Scott Kivel and Lia Lund House, Philo CA. Earlier project for the clients of the 2001 Marshall house. Status unknown.
1999 - The Larson House, Belvedere CA. Status unknown.
2002 - The Schiebold-Stulz House, Los Altos Hills CA. Status unknown.
2009 - FIELD/Study 01, Yorkville CA. Status unknown.
2010 - The Wilson Studio. Status unknown.
2014 - The Thomas Andruskevich House, Tehama, Carmel CA. Status unknown.
Sources include: The Jim Jennings Collection and its project index at the Environmental Design Archives, UC Berkeley; Kuth Ranieri; Montalvo Arts Center; Jim Jennings Architecture; Jim Jennings.