Art News: LACMA celebrates architect Paul R. Williams, Plus Intimacy in a Time of Monsters and more

Paul R. Williams, El Mirador Hotel alterations and additions, Palm Springs (perspective rendering), 1952, jointly owned by the University of Southern California School of Architecture and the Getty Research Institute, © Della M. Williams Trust Dated December 15, 1988Art News: LACMA celebrates architect Paul R. Williams, Plus Intimacy in a Time of Monsters and moreMichele StuevenNovember 4, 2026 The most prominent Black American architect of his generation, Paul R. Williams helped shape his native Los Angeles during its rapid growth from the 1920s through the early 1970s. Acclaimed as an architect to the stars, he brought his innovation and rigor to stylistically diverse residential, civic, religious, commercial, and hospitality projects that ranged from ambitious public housing to hotels in Southern California, Las Vegas, and Latin America. LACMA’s exhibition, which opens on Sunday, Nov.

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