![]() ![]() ![]() To access the full AD archive, subscribe to AD PRO. Artist Ibrahim Rayintakath illustrated 43 of Williams’ most notable California homes for HomeAdvisor, including addresses and an illustrated map so architecture buffs can check out these. ![]() And hopefully, thanks to USC and the Getty Research Institute’s efforts, the publication of his historic works is only set to continue. Two years later, Williams’s Lilien Residence was featured in the pages of Architectural Digest. landmarks such as the LAX Theme Building, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building, the Shrine Auditorium, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the First African Methodist Episcopal Church to name just a few. Interestingly, at the end of the 1950s, Williams stated while speaking to the National Society of Interior Designers that “people will start coming back to the city to live and will want a home designed around business and social activity,” thereby accurately predicting the waning popularity in suburban living that was already on the horizon. Not only did he serve as a major 'architect to the stars,' but he was involved in the conceptual design and redesign of many iconic L.A. His portrait was made a part of the National Portrait Gallery’s collection during the late 1940s, while he was named L.A. Williams’s career continued to flourish all the way up to his 1973 retirement. The piece was later republished by Ebony after Williams’s 1980 death-40 years ago. He produced over 3,000 projects spanning nearly 6 decades. He worked on a wide variety of projects including churches, airports, public housing, courthouses, and offices however, he is best known for his luxury custom homes. In 1937, Williams penned an essay titled “I am a Negro” for the American Magazine, which its editor praised for its frankness. Williams was an extraordinary man and a prolific Architect practicing during Hollywood’s Golden age. It was during that decade that Williams began to be considered an expert in his field, all while steering his firm away from many of the economic stresses associated with the Great Depression. By 1939 he had received the organization’s award of merit. “Los Angeles, in some ways, was losing that thread in the post-WWII period, but he was responsible, among a very short list of other architects, in keeping it alive.Educated thanks to USC and his own ability to gain relevant experience, Williams was named an AIA member in 1921. ![]() “His work crosses many stylistic approaches, but what connects it is a certain expectation that a public building should achieve a certain pride in the idea of civic architecture,” says Hawthorne. He was also part of the team at Pereira & Luckman, who designed the 1961 space-age Theme Building at LAX. landmarks such as the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, to name a few. He was involved in the design, and redesign, of many L.A. But Williams’s portfolio stretches well beyond homes. domestic architecture, at a period when it was at its most freewheeling and experimental,” says Hawthorne. “ is such an important repository of L.A. alone, many of them nestled in the Hollywood Hills and Mid-Wilshire. Image courtesy of PBS SoCal.Īccording to the Los Angeles Conservancy, Williams designed more than 2,000 private homes in L.A. The Zodiac Pool at the William Paley home in Los Angeles, designed by Paul Williams. ![]()
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