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Bijgenaamd 'Architect to the Stars' had de Afro-Amerikaanse architect Paul R. Williams een ongelooflijk leven. Williams werd op vierjarige leeftijd wees en groeide op met het bouwen van herenhuizen voor filmsterren en miljonairs in Zuid-Californië. Vanaf het begin van de jaren twintig tot aan zijn pensionering vijftig jaar later was Williams een van de meest succesvolle architecten van het land. Tot zijn cliënten behoorden Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck. Maar op het hoogtepunt van zijn carrière was Paul Williams vanwege zijn ras niet altijd welkom in de restaurants en hotels die hij ontwierp of de wijken waar hij huizen bouwde. “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” vertelt het meeslepende, maar weinig bekende verhaal over hoe hij talent en doorzettingsvermogen gebruikte om de kansen te verslaan en een oeuvre te creëren dat van kust tot kust te vinden is.

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Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

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Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four, Williams grew up to build mansions for movie stars and millionaires in Southern California. From the early 1920s until his retirement 50 years later, Williams was one of the most successful architects in the country. His clients included Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. His name is associated with icons like the Beverly Hills Hotel, the original MCA Headquarters Building and LAX Airport. But at the height of his career Paul Williams wasn’t always welcome in the restaurants and hotels he designed or the neighborhoods where he built homes, because of his race. “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” tells the compelling, but little known story, of how he used talent and perseverance to beat the odds and create a body of work that can be found from coast to coast.

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https://hollywoodsarchitect.org/

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