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The State of Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs recently launched a series of 3 short web videos about Paul R. Williams’ architectural contributions to their state. Williams is usually associated with California, but as these videos illustrate Nevada has many excellent examples of his ...

Edward Cella, Director of Edward Cella Art+Architecture, has generously given permission for the PRW Project to post on the web site seven Carlos Diniz (1928-2001) renderings for an unrealized Williams and David Jacobson project, The Hollywood (1961). Diniz was one of the last of the 20th ...

A “Googie-style” building in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles designed by African American architect Roy Anthony Sealey has recently been restored and renovated.  As a young architecture student at USC, Sealey worked for Paul R. Williams. ...

The Palm Springs Preservation Foundation (PSPF) reports that preparations/excavations at the Glory to God Ministries, a remodel/reuse of Paul R. Williams’ “Romanoff’s on the Rocks,” will begin soon. Actual construction is 4+ months out as they await final plans. A positive ...

Mark Morgan, a resident of Los Angeles’ SeaView, is currently working to have this residential area of 262 houses added to an historic preservation list. While there are many 1950s tract home developments in the city of Los Angeles, this particular neighborhood is special because Paul R. ...

The National Endowment for the Arts recently awarded a grant to the University of Memphis (AMUM) to support educational activities related to the exhibition Paul R. Williams: The Power of Example. Project activities focus on educational activities for K-12 art educators, including a workshop for ...

From the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation Despite almost 1000 petition signatures, several alternate plans to demolition (including one that offered significant commercial development around the historic building) and a letter of support from the California Office of Historic Preservation, the ...

This 3-day course, offered through the University of Memphis from June 9-11, addresses ways to teach your students about architecture and the built environment. Deepen your skills and competencies in teaching architectural concepts.Increase knowledge of the built environment.Develop strategies for ...

The PRW Project is extremely grateful to Jessica Miller of Lear Theater, Incorporated in Reno, Nevada for sending and giving permission to include in the Gallery photographs of the restoration of the 1938 Paul R. Williams designed First Church of Christ, Scientist. When the congregation moved to a ...

Paul R. Williams-designed houses are featured in three recent books, and the houses could not be more evocative of the architect’s stylistic scope.Diane KeatonCalifornia Romantica:  Spanish Colonial and Mission-Style HousesText by D.J. Waldie, Photographs by Lisa Hardaway and Paul ...

Two significant buildings from Williams’ first decade of practice receive local landmark designation in 2008:  the Blackburn Residence and the Edwin Building.Nominated by its owners, the Blackburn Residence was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 913 in April, 2008.  ...

College Art Association, Los Angeles, February 25-28, 2009 Paul R. Williams:  African American Architect to the Hollywood Stars (And That’s Just the Beginning) Chairs: Leslie L. Luebbers, University of Memphis; James M. Lutz, University of Minnesota “Architect to the ...