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Paul Williams was in my opinion the very best architect. Traditional yet innovative his proportions were and are glorious. When I was single in Beverly Hills I had the enormous pleasure of living in a Paul Williams apartment. It was my favorite ever and everybody wanted to come over to just be inside. I think he put special love into each of his designs making them happy and beautiful – no matter how you decorated. His granddaughter who wrote the book about him is wonderful as well.
Like Mark Sikes keeps saying, “beauty can save the world!”
Splendid! So nice to see when someone actually does justice to a property and understands it. And what a house! I had that dressing table in my Pinterest board for a few years now, but should have looked further at the rest of the property. Amazing.
Beautiful. And understood by the current owners, or so it seems. Contrast this house with the Bel Air Paul Williams in this month’s Elle Decor whose owner likes “minimalism.” Ugh. Ruined. I say if you want new buy new! But save the classic best for the rest of us!
The butler’s pantry is incredible (not just because it’s the size of my living room). The dressing table reminds me of a Pre-Code picture and I’m just waiting for Dietrich to enter.
Pre-Covid Bel Air HOA hosted a garden tour that included many by Paul Williams. Unfortunately, historic properties aren’t quite as protected in LA as they are in other cities and many have been lost to the wrecking ball, but we’re making strides! Where we’re not, the Bob Igers and Jay Paleys (check out the zodiac pool) of the world are stepping in to save the homes.
A Paul Williams designed my grandmother’s house. Once I appreciated Williams’ contributions to LA architecture, I asked questions. She did not know Williams well but remembered that he could draw upside down. I marveled at the ability but also wondered why. I wrote it off a party trick. Years later, a documentary made note of the inverted drawing and confirmed Williams adopted this technique to make his white clientele comfortable as he assumed they wouldn’t want to sit next to him. While he quite literally had a seat at the table, it was qualified. I should have liked to ask Grams more about this but she had long since died when the documentary was released,
Andrea, I’ll email you a Paul Williams house that recently came on the market for the first time ever. If there are more pictures of the house online, it may be one to cover (if you haven’t already which is typically the case!)
Paul Williams was in my opinion the very best architect. Traditional yet innovative his proportions were and are glorious. When I was single in Beverly Hills I had the enormous pleasure of living in a Paul Williams apartment. It was my favorite ever and everybody wanted to come over to just be inside. I think he put special love into each of his designs making them happy and beautiful – no matter how you decorated. His granddaughter who wrote the book about him is wonderful as well.
Like Mark Sikes keeps saying, “beauty can save the world!”
Splendid! So nice to see when someone actually does justice to a property and understands it. And what a house! I had that dressing table in my Pinterest board for a few years now, but should have looked further at the rest of the property. Amazing.
Fab.U.Lous. Especially love the black and white exterior and garden!
I love your blog. You always have the prettiest of the prettiest!!!!! Hope you are safe and well!
J
Joni,
This is the ultimate compliment coming from you, I am a HUGE fan of your blog as well!! 🙂 Thank you for the kind words!
Xx,
Andrea
The Glam Pad
Beautiful. And understood by the current owners, or so it seems. Contrast this house with the Bel Air Paul Williams in this month’s Elle Decor whose owner likes “minimalism.” Ugh. Ruined. I say if you want new buy new! But save the classic best for the rest of us!
The butler’s pantry is incredible (not just because it’s the size of my living room). The dressing table reminds me of a Pre-Code picture and I’m just waiting for Dietrich to enter.
Pre-Covid Bel Air HOA hosted a garden tour that included many by Paul Williams. Unfortunately, historic properties aren’t quite as protected in LA as they are in other cities and many have been lost to the wrecking ball, but we’re making strides! Where we’re not, the Bob Igers and Jay Paleys (check out the zodiac pool) of the world are stepping in to save the homes.
A Paul Williams designed my grandmother’s house. Once I appreciated Williams’ contributions to LA architecture, I asked questions. She did not know Williams well but remembered that he could draw upside down. I marveled at the ability but also wondered why. I wrote it off a party trick. Years later, a documentary made note of the inverted drawing and confirmed Williams adopted this technique to make his white clientele comfortable as he assumed they wouldn’t want to sit next to him. While he quite literally had a seat at the table, it was qualified. I should have liked to ask Grams more about this but she had long since died when the documentary was released,
Andrea, I’ll email you a Paul Williams house that recently came on the market for the first time ever. If there are more pictures of the house online, it may be one to cover (if you haven’t already which is typically the case!)