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Classic Hollywood Style
Rizzoli
May 2012
On Sale: April 24, 2012
240 pages
ISBN: 0847838471
EAN: 9780847838479
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography | Non-Fiction Photography
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
here in all new full-color photography.
Among the most celebrated architects of his generation,
Williams was also the first African-American member of the
American Institute of Architects, and he was deeply involved
in the black community in Los Angeles and in
African-American affairs nationally. Williams moved among
many worlds, and with celebrity clients such as Frank
Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Tyrone Power, and
Barbara Stanwyck, as well as clients who made Hollywood run
behind the scenes, not to mention members of Los Angeles
high society, Williams left his mark in the city’s most
glamorous and exclusive enclaves—Beverly Hills, Brentwood,
Bel Air, and the Hollywood Hills. Paul R. Williams: Classic Hollywood Style is a
dazzling tour of this prolific architect’s most spectacular
houses, by his granddaughter Karen Hudson, with a special
focus on their roles not only as places for high living but
also as venues for world-class entertaining.
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