Subject: Mid Century modern (Architecture) / Names: Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The airport was designed jointly by Paul R. Williams, Pereira & Luckman Associates, and Welton Becket & Associates. The Theme Building was probably not designed by Williams. It has an observation deck, restaurant (closed in 2013), employee cafeteria and a bank. It became an instant landmark in Los Angeles which symbolized the city’s embrace of the 20th century space age.
Date:: [circa 1961]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Shulman, Julius
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Lafayette Square: Dr. Taylor was one of the first African Americans to move into this upscale white neighborhood. When restrictive covenants were defeated in the California courts, there was an influx of African Americans looking for spacious, lush garden style environments to live. As members of an elite group of financially successful black men, Paul R. Williams, L. Phyromn Taylor and Claude Hudson belonged to the same private membership clubs (Pacific Town Club), served on many of the same business and governmental boards (Broadway Federal Bank) and socialized together. Hudson chose to live in the predominately African American View Park subdivision while the younger Williams and Taylor built their family homes in LaFayette Square.
Date:: 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Paul Williams was an African American architect who designed almost 2,000 homes in the Los Angeles area. He worked for wealthy celebrity clients, but also designed affordable homes, public housing, and civic, commercial, and institutional buildings. His works exhibit elegant composition and perfect proportion.
Date:: [circa 1967]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The Westwood (Linde) Medical Plaza, is a 12 story office building used for medical and dental procedures. Coined the “classic Modern-era style with a tall vertical mass of the building set against a long, horizontal mass.” Morris Linde was the head of the development and construction company that built the building. With other building design/construction collaborations, Linde and Williams, helped to change the face of Los Angeles County.
Date:: [circa 1961]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The current Woodrow Wilson High School campus and buildings were designed by the renowned African American architect Paul R. Williams. It was an engineering challenge to excavate over one million cubic yards of earth to re-grade the hilltop and to use 3,500 tons of structural steel for the main buildings. The new Wilson High was the first LAUSD school to implement multi-floored buildings equipped with elevators and escalators to accommodate students with disabilities.
Date:: [1968-1969]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Facade Federal Building by Paul R. Williams and others (300 North Los Angeles Street).
Date:: [1955-1970]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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