Paul László
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Paul László | |
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Santa Monica, California | |
Nationality | Hungarian, American |
Occupation | Architect |
Parent(s) | Soros Regina László Ignac |
Buildings | Crown Center Bullock's Wilshire Hertz Bomb Shelter Ohrbach's Brentwood Country Club |
Paul László or Paul Laszlo[1] (6 February 1900 – 27 March 1993) was a Hungarian-born architect and interior designer whose work spanned eight decades and many countries. László built his reputation while designing interiors for houses, but in the 1960s, largely shifted his focus to the design of retail and commercial interiors.
Biography
He was born (as Lamberger Pal) in
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László completed his education in
Arriving in New York City, he bought an automobile,
László was notoriously intransigent in his design projects but with his own unique style. He personally preferred generously dimensioned furniture, but, for one client who was sensitive about his small stature, László designed all of the furnishings in slightly smaller-than-standard scale.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Carved_Lamp.jpg/220px-Carved_Lamp.jpg)
In 1948, László joined with
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As evidence of László's long and highly regarded career, photographs, renderings and descriptions of his work appear in books and periodicals from every decade starting in the 1920s and are still being published in the 21st century.
László served in both World Wars. He fought with the Hungarian artillery on the Italian front in World War I, and he enlisted in the United States Army and served domestically during World War II.[13]
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Autobiographical information is available on László's life in the publication "Designing With Spirit," an oral history conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles. László donated much of his original materials to the Architecture and Design Collection at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His work is occasionally displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and is frequently seen in national and international retrospectives on 20th-century design.
Personal life
Paul László was married twice and had one son (Peter Paul) with his second wife, the actress Maxine Fife. László had two brothers; Stephen and Elemér. László's remains are at the Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary, Los Angeles, California.
Notes
- ^ The former spelling is the original Hungarian spelling, but the name is often Anglicized to the latter.
- ^ "The Hungarian designer employed by American billionaires | Paul László". 23 February 2021.
- ^ "The Hungarian designer employed by American billionaires | Paul László". 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Finding Aid for the Paul László papers, 1924-1979 0000150".
- ^ "Finding Aid for the Paul László papers, 1924-1979 0000150".
- ^ "Atomic Hideouts." Popular Mechanics (1958): 146-148.
- ^ Paul Laszlo, designer, “Paul Laszlo (1900-1993): Hertz bomb shelter,” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed December 3, 2019, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/225 .
- ^ "Paul Laszlo's Atomville (February 10, 2011)". mid2mod blog. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Subterranean Atomic Suburbia." Interiors (1953): 70-71.
- ^ Kerr, Carson. "At Home, 2004 AD." Popular Mechanics (1954): 153-256.
- ^ Paul László papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- ^ "Art: Rich Man's Architect - Printout". TIME. 1952-08-18. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
- OCLC 1003641936.)
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