For the late L.A. architect Paul R. Williams, national honor overlaps with a bleak anniversary
(LA Times NHL)

At its annual convention this weekend in Orlando, Fla., the American Institute of Architects will give a posthumous Gold Medal, its highest honor, to the Los Angeles architect Paul Revere Williams. Williams, who died at 85 in 1980, is the first African American architect to win the award. But it`s...