Stately Pritzker Hall is a long way from the fanciful Theme Building at LAX, but both bear the distinctive touch of architect Paul Revere Williams.
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Pritzker Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles is typical for a building designed by Paul Revere Williams, in that it doesn’t much resemble anything else he ever built.