Linkin Park co-founder Mike Shinoda has sold the Mediterranean villa he bought in Mulholland Estates from Tom Arnold for just over $9 million. Concealed behind hedges and gates on a 1.24-acre lot with a detached guest house and rolling lawns ideal for a rousing game of croquet, the property is asking $10.695 million.

It is a shame this Architect is not recongized in the architectural world as much as others in the field. He went on to New York City to become one of the first Black students to attend the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, an architectural experience modeled after the curriculum of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

According to the Paul R. Williams Project, the Brentwood residence, located at 139 North Saltair Avenue, was custom-built for operatic singer and actress Grace Moore and her husband, Spanish actor Valentín Parera; however, by the time the mansion was completed, Moore and Parera had decided to quit Hollywood, and Power and his French actress wife Annabella quickly pounced on the property.

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Lafayette Square Preservation Plan, September 25, 2008), In a June 1960 column in the Los Angeles Times, society writer Joan Winchell described a reception sponsored by the Women's Architectural League of Southern California for newly licensed architects at the Williams' residence.

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Price: $1,099,000 Design details: Built in 1948, this home is a rare example of one of Williams' Modernist-style residences, and one of the few in Southern California's Inland Empire.

Also, author Karen E. Hudson, the granddaughter of the architect, has been documenting Williams' life and work. Residence, Paul R. Williams Photographer: Jesse L. Watt, 2006 Created in 1912 from fields and pastures by L.A. banker/developer George L. Crenshaw, Lafayette Square was designed as an "elegant residential park" with a broad palm-lined avenue. Williams designed the home for his family without his usual architectural adornments of columns, terraces or fountains. Paul Williams was orphaned when he was four — his brother and parents died of tuberculosis — but his artistic talents were supported and encouraged by his new foster family.

(Goldman. Since Mr. Williams is one of our town's most prominent architects, the first thing we noticed was his home — subdued modern, luxuriously appointed and pleasing to the eye. Very interesting book on a classic Hollywood architect, especially given the context that he was working in and the hurdles that he had to overcome with great success.

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New Homes for Today by Paul R. Williams Paul R. Williams Architect: a legacy of style by Karen Hudson, Rizzoli, 2000 The Will and the Way: Paul R. Williams, Architect by Karen Hudson, Rizzoli, 1994 (for ages 8-12) Photographs, bibliographies, and other resources are posted online by the Paul R. Williams Project, coordinated by AIA Memphis, the University of Memphis, and other organizations. U.S. layoffs remain elevated as 837,000 seek jobless aid. This six-bedroom compound is located on a large lot in a swanky neighborhood right off Sunset Boulevard between Beverly Hills and Bel Air, which helps to account for the impressive price.

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The architect borrowed ideas from the past without using excessive ornamentation.

The four-story Spanish Revival has been newly renovated, with the floor plan, grounds, and kitchen substantially updated.

This compilation of selected work of the late, brilliant Los Angeles architect Paul R. Williams is thoughtfully authored by his granddaughter and, as a result, we are given a rare, personal view of the Man Behind the Houses.

Actress Heather Graham just sold her Hollywood Hills hacienda of 22 years for $2.45 million. 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. 7 Products We’re Buying To Stay Sane Inside—Are Any in Your Home?

lovely pictorial & I like that the homes have dates & names, Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2017, lovely pictorial & I like that the homes have dates & names.

Price: $14,495,000 Design details: Williams built this traditional-style manor for Eva Gabor in 1938. Measuring 5,574 square feet, the two-story home has seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms, a formal dining room, wood-paneled study, a pub room, an enclosed lanai, and two upper-level terraces. Williams designed homes for Lucille Ball, Bert Lahr, and Frank Sinatra, and he became close friends with Danny Thomas, for whom he did pro bono work for St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Williams was the first certified African-American architect west of the Mississippi, and the first African-American member of the American Institute of Architects.

You would definitely get something old and something new with this five-bedroom stunner. And bedrooms, for some reason, seem largely overlooked.

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Find her on AtHomeInHollywood.com. Williams was ambitious and self-assured after such rigorous study and especially after winning an important architecture competition when he was only 25. Get quick and easy access to your home value, neighborhood activity and financial possibilites. Fresh listings for $800,000 in Ventura County. Home Buyers Reveal: 'What I Wish I Had Known Before Buying My First Home', Selling Your Home? French doors open to the backyard, where brick borders a saltwater swimming pool and spa. Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2012.

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