Jon Adams Jerde, (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.
Jerde became well known as an innovator in the design of malls and related spaces.
His firm has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, CA, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.