Jon Adams Jerde, FAIA (January 22, 1940 – February 9, 2015) was an American architect based in Venice, Los Angeles, California, founder and chairman of The Jerde Partnership, a design architecture and urban planning firm specializing in the design of shopping malls that has created a number of commercial developments around the globe.

Jon Jerde founds a small-shop firm in Silverlake, California with a vision to elevate the ordinary.

Feb 9, 2015 · Jerde, 75, who also helped oversee the design of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, died Monday at his home in Brentwood, according to an announcement from his wife, architect Janice Ambry...

Feb 14, 2015 · Founder and chairman of The Jerde Partnership based in Venice, CA, he led a multi-disciplinary team that designed more than 100 urban places around the world as well as created the look...

Feb 19, 2015 · Jon Jerde, an architect whose designs seized on the human yen to shop, merging the mall and downtown, commercial and public space, and faux environments and real experiences, died on Feb. 9 at...

Feb 13, 2015 · Jon Jerde, best known for his “experiential” designs of retail-oriented urban complexes, passed away on Feb. 9. He founded his firm, The Jerde Partnership, in 1977. The 95-person operation continues and is based in Venice, Calif., with additional offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Seoul.

Feb 10, 2015 · Jon Jerde, FAIA, founder of The Jerde Partnership, has died at 75. The California-based American architect has left his mark in more than 100 urban places worldwide, many of which embody...

Mar 19, 2015 · Jerde, who died in February at age 75, described himself not as an architect but as a “place maker.” Indeed, it’s emblazoned in bold type on the bottom of every page of the website for his Venice, Calif.–based firm, the Jerde Partnership: “PlaceMaking since 1977.”

Feb 9, 2015 · Jon Jerde, the founder of Los Angeles-based Jerde Partnership, has died. Jerde was elevated to the AIA's College of Fellows in 1990, and received a B.Arch from the University of Southern California. Jerde was retired from the firm, according to a spokesperson. Los Angeles Times reports that Jerde died at home earlier today at the age of 75.

Feb 9, 2015 · Jon Jerde, an architect who had a profound impact on the cityscape of Los Angeles and beyond, through his reinvention of the shopping center as an “experiential” and entertainment destination, has died after a long illness.