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Robert M. Lawrence
Robert M. Lawrence (August 22, 1930 – February 21, 2011) was an American architect in practice in Oklahoma City. He was president of the American Institute of Architects for the year 1982. Life and career Robert Martin Lawrence was born August 22, 1930, in Oklahoma City to Martin Lawrence, an architect. He was educated in the Oklahoma City public schools and Oklahoma State University (OSU). He graduated with a BArch in 1953 and was awarded a School Medal from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He then returned to Oklahoma City where he joined architects Noftsger & Lawrence, where his father was a partner. His father's partner, B. Gaylord Noftsger, had previously been responsible for the Fort Worth Public Market, completed in 1930. The firm became Noftsger, Lawrence & Associates in 1958 and then Noftsger, Lawrence, Lawrence & Flesher in 1963 when Lawrence and another associate, Thomas H. Flesher Jr., became full partners. Noftsger died in 1979, followed by the elder L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 census and reached 687,725 in the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population. Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones ( watershed). The city is the eighth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
