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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photographer's View of a Trailblazing Architect

Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photographer's View of a Trailblazing Architect

Ireland, Janna

Hardcover

General PhotographyPhotographersRegional: West

Publisher Price: $50.00

ISBN10: 162640111X
ISBN13: 9781626401112
Publisher: Angel City Press
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 3.55
Height: 1.00 Width: 9.30 Depth: 12.20
Language: English
Janna Ireland, an award-winning photographer, presents a collection of stunning, intimate black-and-white photographs of the work of Paul Revere Williams, who was known as Hollywood's Architect and was the first black architect admitted to the American Institute of Architecture.

Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photographer's View is a photographic exploration of the work of the first AIA-certified Black architect west of the Mississippi River. Known as Hollywood's Architect, Paul Revere Williams was a Los Angeles native who built a wildly successful and as an architect decades before the Civil Rights Movement. He designed municipal buildings and private homes as well as banks, churches, hospitals, and university halls. He designed public housing projects and mansions for celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball. In 1923, Williams became the first Black member of the American Institute of Architects. In 2017, nearly forty years after his death, he became the first Black recipient of the AIA Gold Medal.

In her book Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photographer's View, artist Janna Ireland explores the work and legacy of Williams through a series of intimate black-and-white photographs. Ireland gives the reader a vision of Williams that is both universal and highly personal. More than a book of architectural photographs, Regarding Paul R. Williams is the result of one artist's encounter with another, connecting across different generations within the same city.

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