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'''Smith and Williams''' was a architecture firm based in [[South Pasadena, California]] and created in 1949. They were noted for their [[Modernist]] and [[Googie]] design style. The firm developed buildings and master planned communities. The Smith-Williams partnership was active until 1973.

They were described by [[Robert Winter]] as being experts in [[domestic architecture]].<ref name="adc-_Resi">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==History==
Whitney R. Smith and Wayne Richard Williams began working together in 1946. Smith left the architecture firm in 1973.

===Smith===
Whitney Rowland Smith (-) attended [[Pasadena City College]], then graduated from [[University of California, Berkeley]] around 1934. He then worked under [[Harwell Hamilton Harris]] and [[William Pereira]] in 1939-1940. He taught architecture at USC around 1945. He contributed to four designs in the [[Case Study Houses]]; two were built.

===Williams===
Wayne Richard Williams 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 Bachelors degree from USC in 1947. He worked under Smith at USC, then established the firm together. Later, Williams worked for [[Giuseppe Cecchi]]'s [[International Developers Inc]]. Williams became a fellow at the [[American Institute of Architects]] in 1964. Williams taught at UC-Berkley in 1970.

He died in [[Leesburg, Virginia]], 2007 at age 88.

==Significant designs==
* [[Mutual Housing Tract]], custom homes in Brentwood designed with [[A. Quincy Jones]], [[Edgardo Contini]], and [[James Charlton (architect)|James Charlton]]. 500 houses were designed, 82 were built.<ref name="adc-_Trac">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="adc-_Earl">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* Friend Paper Company building, Pasadena (1965)<ref name="adc-_Comm">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="pcad_10780">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* Smith and Williams building, 1414 Fair Oaks, South Pasadena<ref name="aiap_Amer">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="laco_1414"> Los Angeles Conservancy |author= |work=laconservancy.org |date= |access-date=8 August 2020 |url= https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/1414-fair-oaks-building}}</ref>
* Googie-styled Mobile gas station, Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim (1956)<ref name="adc-_Comm"/><ref name="anah_Mobi">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* Full Moon Tea House, [[Descanso Gardens]] (1966 with blue glazed tile roofing from [[Nara, Japan]])<ref name="phot_Full">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="file_nrhp">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[Blue Ribbon Tract]] Housing, [[Reseda]], Los Angeles (1953)<ref name="pcad_11430">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="adc-_Trac">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* Dorr-Siegel-Click-Hurley Medical Building, distinctively circular and diamond shaped psychiatric office from 1964<ref name="cali_Smit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="outsidein">"Outside In: The Architecture of Smith and Williams"</ref><ref name="adc-_Comm"/>
* [[Microdot connector|Microdot]] company building, South Pasadena<ref name="cali_Smit_md">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* Palmitas and Cedritos residence halls at [[Cal Poly Pomona]]<ref name="cpp._">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="pcad_4878">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

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* [[Buena Park City Hall]]<ref name="pcad_4875">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="adc-_Publcivic"/>
* Neighborhood Church (aka Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church), Pasadena, California<ref name="adc-_Publcivic"/>
* Thatcher Music Building, [[Scripps College]], [[Claremont, California]]

Master planned communities:
* [[Mission Bay (San Diego)|Mission Bay Park]], San Diego
* [[California City, California]], designed with [[Garrett Eckbo]]; partially built, their designs are echoed in the Pavilion and Community Church<ref name="pcad_10783">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="adc-_Caliwater">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="adc-_Caliad">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="adc-_Mixe">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="alls_Wond"/><ref name="adc-_Publcivic"/>
* Newport Dunes, for [[Irvine Company]], unbuilt<ref name="adc-_Mixe"/>
* Port Holiday, unbuilt [[Lake Mead]] development for [[J. Carlton Adair]]<ref name="adc-_Mixe"/><ref name="alls_Wond">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="npsh_">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==References==



==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/3gI6JdY USModernist: Smith and Williams homes]

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