Karen E. Hudson

One of the most prolific Los Angeles architects, Paul R. Williams had an extraordinary career extending from the 1920's to the 1970's. HIs vast body of built work stretches across the world-from Paris and Colombia to Washington, D.C., New York, and Memphis. However, the Los Angeles area was his personal and professional focus.

The biography of Paul R. Williams (1894-1980), an important African-American architect.

Over a career spanning six decades, architect Paul Revere Williams came to define what gracious living looked like for the Hollywood elite. Williams mastered an array of architectural idioms—including American Colonial, Spanish Mediterranean, English Tudor, French Normandy, Art Deco, and, of course, the California ranch style—to create the sophisticated yet understated showplaces that are featured