THE PINK AND GREEN OF THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL [ARCHITECTURE]. Norman Houston, Paul Williams, Walter Gordon. The first black architectural firm. Typewritten Letter Signed, Norman Houston, Paul R. Williams, Walter A. Gordon, one page, quarto, [1943]. On stationery with a colored illustration of a cameraman filming a residential lakefront neighborhood. Two tall palm trees … [ Read More ]
Architecture
Wren, Christopher
English architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Document Signed Christopher Wren, Chr:Wren, one page, small legal folio, March 4, 1679/1680. Headed A bill for ye Pryvey Garden begining ye 29 of Septembe: 1679: and Ending ye 23 of Decembe: of 79. An account signed by Christopher Wren probably as the Kings Surveyor of Works and relating … [ Read More ]
Wright, Frank Lloyd
American architect. Typewritten letter Signed, in pencil, one page, Taliesin, July 26, 1957. On his Taliesin letterhead with his modernist device, measuring 11 inches wide by 8 inches high. With pencil emendations. To Desmond Smith in Stamford, Connecticut. “Major Jenney built the first “tall” building: The Home Insurance Building Chicago with cast iron – the … [ Read More ]