Paul Revere Williams, FAIA (February 18, 1894 – January 23, 1980) was an American architect based in Los Angeles, California. He practiced largely in Southern California and designed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lon Chaney, Barbara Stanwyck and Charles Correll. He also designed many public and private buildings. … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Architects
Friday Open Thread: African-American Architects
McKissack & McKissack is an American architecture and engineering firm based for many years in Nashville, Tennessee, and now based in New York City and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1905, it was the first African-American-owned architectural firm in the United States and is the oldest minority-owned architecture and engineering firm in the country. The firm was founded by … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Architects
Thursday Open Thread: African-American Architects
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton (born 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a professor of architecture and urban design, adjunct professor of social work, and director of the Center for Environment Education and Design Studies (CEEDS) at the University of Washington, where she has been on the faculty since 1998. She became an architectural educator in 1975, having taught at Pratt Institute, … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Architects
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Architects
A new generation of young African American female architects are on the horizon. These architects have enthusiastic ties to their communities, and they understand the need to reassess architectural practices and the existing built environment that affect people, neighborhoods, domestic housing and public spaces in order to create integrated functional design. June Grant … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Architects
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Architects
Beverly Loraine Greene (October 4, 1915 – August 22, 1957) was an American architect. According to architectural editor Dreck Spurlock Wilson, she was "believed to have been the first African American female licensed as an architect in the United States." She was registered as an architect in Illinois in 1942. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Architects