Born in 1917, Florence Knoll Bassett is an American architect and furniture designer whose impressive resume includes work with leaders of the Bauhaus movement as well as numerous exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art during the 1950s. She became quite well known for her reinvention of the modern office space, with many interior designers, architects, and others becoming inspired by her work...

Born in Los Angeles in 1894, Paul Revere Williams would grow up to be one of America's most interesting architects, and as an African American, he faced a number of challenges throughout his career. Throughout the 1920s and 1930, he designed homes for a number of wealthy clients in the elite subdivisions around the City of Angels, including places like Brentwood and Bel Air. Williams became known...