Today the American Institute of Architects (AIA), in a milestone announcement, selected Paul Revere Williams as its 2017 Gold Medal recipient, America’s highest honor for an architect. In doing so Williams, who was awarded the prize posthumously, becomes the first African American to ever receive the honor, which has been awarded to 72 other architects, including Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn.
During the course of his career in Southern California, Williams designed more than 3,000 buildings including more than 2,000 homes for both the middleclass and for stars including Frank Sinatra, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Fluent in a wide range of architectural styles, he designed buildings that ran the gamut between historicist (all the rage in 1920s Hollywood) to Modern.
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