Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in 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
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: Las Vegas’ La Concha Visitors Center + Neon Boneyard
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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Las Vegas’ Modernist Guardian + Legacy of Paul R. Williams
Amid the gambling of Sin City sits an unlikely beacon of midcentury Googie architecture: the Guardian Angel Cathedral.
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