Paul R. Williams Archives

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Thunderbird Country Club

April 3, 2022
Written by Anna Marcum and Photography courtesy of Getty Research Institute

Exterior of a home at the Thunderbird Country Club

Paul R. Williams’ approach to desert Modernism connected Ball and Arnaz, the stars of "I Love Lucy," to the surrounding desert community.

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Paul Revere Williams: Architect To The Stars

February 18, 2021
Written by Jickie Torres

When Paul Revere Williams was a high school student in Los Angeles, California, in the 1910s, his teacher discouraged him from considering a career in architecture because as the teacher…

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Retro Road Trip

Retro Road Trip: Las Vegas’ La Concha Visitors Center + Neon Boneyard

November 19, 2017
Written and photographed by Ken MacIntyre

Currently pulling double duty as a Visitors Center and the gateway through which guests can enter the Neon Museum’s Boneyard, the La Concha Visitors Center started out as the iconic lobby to the La Concha Motel, designed by noted modernist architect Paul R. Williams, in 1961.

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