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Smith and Williams

January 01, 1970

Smith and Williams was an architecture firm based in South Pasadena, California and created in 1949. They were noted for their Modernist and Googie design style. The firm developed buildings and master planned communities. The Smith-Williams partnership was active until 1973.

They were described by Robert Winter as being experts in domestic architecture.[1]

History edit

Whitney R. Smith and Wayne Richard Williams began working together in 1946. Smith left the architecture firm in 1973.

Smith edit

Whitney Rowland Smith ((1911-01-16)January 16, 1911, Pasadena, California - (2002-03-13)March 13, 2002, Bend, Oregon) attended Pasadena City College, then graduated from USC around 1934. He then worked under Harwell Hamilton Harris and William Pereira in 1939–1940. He taught architecture at USC around 1945. He contributed to four designs in the Case Study Houses; two were built.[2]

Williams edit

Wayne Richard Williams (1919 (1919), Los Angeles, California - (2007-11-27)November 27, 2007, Leesburg, Virginia) was born in Los Angeles in 1919, and went on to study architecture at USC until World War II, when he designed military buildings. After the war he received his architecture bachelor's degree from USC in 1947. He worked under Smith at USC, then established the firm together. Later, Williams worked for Giuseppe Cecchi's International Developers Inc. Williams became a fellow at the American Institute of Architects in 1964. Williams taught at UC-Berkeley in 1970.[3]

Significant designs edit

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Master planned communities:

References edit

  1. ^ "Residential Works, 1950s-1970s · Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ DENNIS MCLELLAN (28 April 2002). "Whitney Smith, 91; Pioneer in Modernist Architecture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ Claire Noland (9 December 2007). "Award-winning architect left Modernist imprint across the Southland". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Tract Housing · Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Early Houses for Postwar Living, 1940s · Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Commercial Works · Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. ^ "PCAD - Friend Paper Company, Building, Pasadena, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. ^ (PDF). aiapf.org. July 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. ^ "1414 Fair Oaks Building | Los Angeles Conservancy". laconservancy.org. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Mobil Gas Station, Anaheim 1956". anaheimhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. ^ Ying, Matthew. "Full Moon Tea House in Descanso Gardens". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  12. ^ "NRHP Descanso Gardens" (PDF). file.lacounty.gov. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  13. ^ "PCAD - Blue Ribbon Tract Housing, Reseda, Los Angeles, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Smith and Williams: Dorr-Siegel-Click-Hurley medical building (Pasadena, Calif.) — Calisphere". Calisphere. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams"
  16. ^ "Smith and Williams: Microdot Incorporated (South Pasadena, Calif.) — Calisphere". Calisphere. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  17. ^ "CEQA Final Environmental Impact Report: State Clearinghouse Number 2015111042" (PDF). cpp.edu. August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  18. ^ "PCAD - California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, Residence Halls, Pomona, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Attachment D: Smith and Williams" (PDF). ww2.cityofpasadena.net. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  20. ^ Hendel, archINFORM – Sascha. "Residence Halls [California State Polytechnic University]". archINFORM. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  21. ^ a b c d "Public and Civic Buildings · Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020. Cal Poly Pomona, 1967 The rapid expansion of colleges and universities in California during the 1950s and 1960s offered many architects the opportunity to design buildings on their brand new campuses. Smith and Williams designed a residence hall, reception center, and cafeteria for the California State Polytechnic University campus at Pomona.
  22. ^ "PCAD - City of Buena Park, City Hall, Buena Park, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  23. ^ "PCAD - County of Kern, California City Master Plan, California City, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  24. ^ "California City- Water resources · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  25. ^ "California City: Advertising Brochure · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  26. ^ a b c "Mixed-Use Developments · Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams · UCSB ADC Omeka". adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2020. California City was chosen as a building site because of its' [sic] proximity to highways, railroads, military bases, and mining. It also was purported to sit on top of an underground aquifer that would never run dry.
  27. ^ a b "Wonderlands". allstrangeaway.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  28. ^ "Managing Land in a Regional Context" (PDF). npshistory.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

External links edit

  • USModernist: Smith and Williams homes

January 01, 1970
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Smith and Williams was an architecture firm based in South Pasadena California and created in 1949 They were noted for their Modernist and Googie design style The firm developed buildings and master planned communities The Smith Williams partnership was active until 1973 They were described by Robert Winter as being experts in domestic architecture 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 Smith 1 2 Williams 2 Significant designs 3 References 4 External linksHistory editWhitney R Smith and Wayne Richard Williams began working together in 1946 Smith left the architecture firm in 1973 Smith edit Whitney Rowland Smith 1911 01 16 January 16 1911 Pasadena California 2002 03 13 March 13 2002 Bend Oregon attended Pasadena City College then graduated from USC around 1934 He then worked under Harwell Hamilton Harris and William Pereira in 1939 1940 He taught architecture at USC around 1945 He contributed to four designs in the Case Study Houses two were built 2 Williams edit Wayne Richard Williams 1919 1919 Los Angeles California 2007 11 27 November 27 2007 Leesburg Virginia was born in Los Angeles in 1919 and went on to study architecture at USC until World War II when he designed military buildings After the war he received his architecture bachelor s degree from USC in 1947 He worked under Smith at USC then established the firm together Later Williams worked for Giuseppe Cecchi s International Developers Inc Williams became a fellow at the American Institute of Architects in 1964 Williams taught at UC Berkeley in 1970 3 Significant designs editMutual Housing Tract custom homes in Brentwood designed with A Quincy Jones Edgardo Contini and James Charlton 500 houses were designed 82 were built 4 5 Friend Paper Company building Pasadena 1965 6 7 Smith and Williams building 1414 Fair Oaks South Pasadena 8 9 Googie styled Mobile gas station Harbor Boulevard Anaheim 1956 6 10 Full Moon Tea House Descanso Gardens 1966 with blue glazed tile roofing from Nara Japan 11 12 Blue Ribbon Tract Housing Reseda Los Angeles 1953 13 4 Dorr Siegel Click Hurley Medical Building distinctively circular and diamond shaped psychiatric office from 1964 14 15 6 Microdot company building South Pasadena 16 Palmitas and Cedritos residence halls at Cal Poly Pomona 17 18 19 20 21 Buena Park City Hall 22 21 Neighborhood Church aka Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church Pasadena California 21 Thatcher Music Building Scripps College Claremont California Master planned communities Mission Bay Park San Diego California City California designed with Garrett Eckbo partially built their designs are echoed in the Pavilion and Community Church 23 24 25 26 27 21 Newport Dunes for Irvine Company unbuilt 26 Port Holiday unbuilt Lake Mead development for J Carlton Adair 26 27 28 References edit Residential Works 1950s 1970s Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 DENNIS MCLELLAN 28 April 2002 Whitney Smith 91 Pioneer in Modernist Architecture Los Angeles Times Retrieved 9 August 2020 Claire Noland 9 December 2007 Award winning architect left Modernist imprint across the Southland Los Angeles Times Retrieved 9 August 2020 a b Tract Housing Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 Early Houses for Postwar Living 1940s Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 a b c Commercial Works Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 PCAD Friend Paper Company Building Pasadena CA pcad lib washington edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 Smith amp Williams and the Fate of the 1414 Fair Oaks Building PDF aiapf org July 2004 Archived from the original PDF on 28 April 2005 Retrieved 8 August 2020 1414 Fair Oaks Building Los Angeles Conservancy laconservancy org Retrieved 8 August 2020 Mobil Gas Station Anaheim 1956 anaheimhistoricalsociety blogspot com Retrieved 8 August 2020 Ying Matthew Full Moon Tea House in Descanso Gardens Smithsonian Magazine Retrieved 8 August 2020 NRHP Descanso Gardens PDF file lacounty gov Retrieved 8 August 2020 PCAD Blue Ribbon Tract Housing Reseda Los Angeles CA pcad lib washington edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 Smith and Williams Dorr Siegel Click Hurley medical building Pasadena Calif Calisphere Calisphere Retrieved 8 August 2020 Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams Smith and Williams Microdot Incorporated South Pasadena Calif Calisphere Calisphere Retrieved 8 August 2020 CEQA Final Environmental Impact Report State Clearinghouse Number 2015111042 PDF cpp edu August 2016 Retrieved 8 August 2020 PCAD California Polytechnic State University Pomona Residence Halls Pomona CA pcad lib washington edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 Attachment D Smith and Williams PDF ww2 cityofpasadena net Retrieved 8 August 2020 Hendel archINFORM Sascha Residence Halls California State Polytechnic University archINFORM Retrieved 8 August 2020 a b c d Public and Civic Buildings Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 Cal Poly Pomona 1967 The rapid expansion of colleges and universities in California during the 1950s and 1960s offered many architects the opportunity to design buildings on their brand new campuses Smith and Williams designed a residence hall reception center and cafeteria for the California State Polytechnic University campus at Pomona PCAD City of Buena Park City Hall Buena Park CA pcad lib washington edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 PCAD County of Kern California City Master Plan California City CA pcad lib washington edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 California City Water resources UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 California City Advertising Brochure UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 a b c Mixed Use Developments Outside In The Architecture of Smith and Williams UCSB ADC Omeka adc exhibits museum ucsb edu Retrieved 8 August 2020 California City was chosen as a building site because of its sic proximity to highways railroads military bases and mining It also was purported to sit on top of an underground aquifer that would never run dry a b Wonderlands allstrangeaway com Retrieved 8 August 2020 Managing Land in a Regional Context PDF npshistory com Retrieved 8 August 2020 External links editUSModernist Smith and Williams homes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Smith and Williams amp oldid 1119978983, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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