ULI Los Angeles: Paul R. Williams - Rediscovering an Architectural Icon

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2020-11-12
2020-11-12T17:00:00 - 2020-11-12T18:30:00
America/Los_Angeles

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    ULI-LA in partnership with AIA|LA, USC Architecture, Getty Research Institute, and So Cal NOMA present

    Paul R. Williams: Rediscovering an Architectural Icon

    Thought partially lost in a 1992 fire during the civil unrest after the Rodney King verdicts, the archive of renowned architect Paul R. Williams was recently acquired by the Getty Research Institute and the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture.

    The archive consists of original drawings, renderings and photos, magazines, and other records spanning Williams’ impactful career.   More than just an archive of his work, this collection represents a window into the important impact he had on the architectural community, in Los Angeles, and around the world—an impact that only a handful of architects practicing at that time in history can claim. Paul R. Williams was simply in a class of his own: an accomplished architect – and the first licensed Black architect west of the Mississippi - who helped shape the Southern California aesthetic as a leading practitioner of mid-century modern design. 

    The Series

    The Los Angeles Chapter of the AIA, the Los Angeles District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI-LA) and So Cal NOMA, along with USC Architecture and Getty Research Institute (GRI), are proud to offer a three-part curated series of programs that will help us better understand Paul R. Williams’ work and his impact on our community. 

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    Speakers

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    Maristella Casciato

    Senior Curator, Head of Architecture Special Collections, Getty Research Institute

    Maristella Casciato (architect and architectural historian) is Senior Curator, Head of Architecture Special Collections at the Getty Research Institute.  Former full professor at the University of Bologna/Architecture, she has been Mellon Senior Fellow at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (2010) prior to be appointed Associate Director of Research at the same institute (2012-2015). She has also been awarded a Fulbright fellowship and a research grant at the Institut national d’histoire de l’art in Paris. 

    Moderator

    Christopher Hawthorne

    Chief Design Officer, Department of City Planning City of Los Angeles

    Christopher Hawthorne is the Chief Design Officer for the City of Los Angeles, a position appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti. Prior to joining City Hall, Hawthorne was architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times from 2004 to 2018. He is Professor of the Practice at the University of Southern California's Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, where he directs the Third Los Angeles Project, a series of public conversations about architecture, urban planning, mobility, and demographic change in Southern California. 

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    Milton Curry

    Dean / Della & Harry MacDonald Dean's Chair, USC School of Architecture

    Milton S. F. Curry is Dean and Professor at the University of Southern California School of Architecture; and holds the Della & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair in Architecture - positions he has held since 2017. Dean Curry is an academic leader and an accomplished scholar and designer who has authored influential journals, essays and articles related to architecture, urbanism, race and cultural theory. 

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    LeRonn Brooks

    Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Collections, Getty Research Institute

    LeRonn P. Brooks is the Associate Curator for Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. He is a specialist in African American art, poetics, performance, and Africana studies. As the lead curator for the Getty's new African American Art History Initiative, he is charged with building and developing collections to promote advanced research in African American art history.

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