With A. Quincy Jones, he designed many residential properties, including tract houses developed by Joseph Eichler in the Pacific Palisades, Orange, Palo Alto, San Rafael, and commercial buildings in Palm Springs, Pomona, Whittier and Los Angeles.
They also designed the Charles E. Young Research Library on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
[2] The first year, they designed the Sascha Brastoff Ceramics Factory located at 11520 West Olympic Boulevard in Downtown Los Angeles,[3] the Brody House in the Pacific Palisades,[4] the Romanoff's on the Rocks Restaurant on Highway 111 in Palm Springs,[5] and the King Cole Market and Shopping Center in Whittier.
[7] They also designed the Nicholas P. Daphne Funeral Home located at 1 Church street in San Francisco, California, in 1952-1953; it was demolished in 2000.
[8] They designed the Hugheston Meadows Housing Tract, which won an Award of Merit from the National Association of Home Builders in 1953.
[25] With fellow architects Douglas Honnold, Arthur Gallion, A. Quincy Jones, Maynard Lyndon, John Leon Rex and Raphael Soriano, Emmons designed the San Pedro Community Hospital at 1300 West 7th Street in San Pedro, Los Angeles in 1958-1960.