Paul R. Williams

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African American architect architect human

Paul R. Williams was a pioneering African American architect renowned for his elegant residential and public buildings in Southern California and for breaking racial barriers in the field of architecture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Paul Revere Williams	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1910s ⓘ
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal ⓘ
birthName	Paul R. Williams self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Paul Revere Williams
children	three children ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateAwarded	AIA Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: 2017 AIA Gold Medal (posthumous)
dateOfBirth	1894-02-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1980-01-23 ⓘ
designed	Beverly Hills Hotel ⓘ surface form: Beverly Hills Hotel Crescent Wing Beverly Hills Hotel renovations ⓘ Stanley Mosk Courthouse ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles County Courthouse (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) – as part of a team Los Angeles International Airport Theme Building ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Theme Building – as part of a team homes for Hollywood celebrities ⓘ residences in Beverly Hills ⓘ residences in the Hollywood Hills ⓘ
educatedAt	Los Angeles School of Art and Design ⓘ Los Angeles branch of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design ⓘ University of Southern California ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
familyName	Williams ⓘ
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ
givenName	Paul ⓘ
hasWork	apartment buildings in Los Angeles ⓘ numerous single-family residences in Southern California ⓘ public and civic buildings in California ⓘ
knownFor	ability to draw architectural plans upside down while facing clients ⓘ
memberOf	American Institute of Architects ⓘ
notableAchievement	first African American fellow of the American Institute of Architects ⓘ first African American member of the American Institute of Architects west of the Mississippi ⓘ
notableFor	breaking racial barriers in architecture ⓘ elegant residential architecture in Southern California ⓘ pioneering African American architect in the United States ⓘ public buildings in Southern California ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California
spouse	Della Mae Givens ⓘ
style	eclectic ⓘ modernist influences ⓘ traditional revival styles ⓘ
workLocation	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California Southern California ⓘ

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Theme Building → architect → Paul R. Williams ⓘ

Paul R. Williams → birthName → Paul R. Williams self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Revere Williams

AIA Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Paul R. Williams ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Revere Williams