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137:) 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 836:
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
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design style. The firm developed buildings and master planned communities. The Smith-Williams partnership was active until 1973.
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Whitney R. Smith and Wayne Richard Williams began working together in 1946. Smith left the architecture firm in 1973.
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Dorr-Siegel-Click-Hurley Medical Building, distinctively circular and diamond shaped psychiatric office from 1964
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in 1939–1940. He taught architecture at USC around 1945. He contributed to four designs in the
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Neighborhood Church (aka Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church), Pasadena, California
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California City was chosen as a building site because of its' [
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Googie-styled Mobile gas station, Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim (1956)
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Smith and Williams building, 1414 Fair Oaks, South Pasadena
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Index

South Pasadena, California
Modernist
Googie
Robert Winter
domestic architecture
Pasadena, California
Bend, Oregon
Pasadena City College
USC
Harwell Hamilton Harris
William Pereira
Case Study Houses
Los Angeles, California
Leesburg, Virginia
Giuseppe Cecchi
International Developers Inc
American Institute of Architects
Mutual Housing Tract
A. Quincy Jones
Edgardo Contini
James Charlton
Descanso Gardens
Nara, Japan
Blue Ribbon Tract
Reseda, Los Angeles
Microdot
Cal Poly Pomona
Buena Park City Hall
Scripps College
Claremont, California

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