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Paul S. Devrouax (October 4, 1942 — March 22, 2010) was an African-American architect in Washington, D.C.. He founded the architectural design firm of Devrouax+Purnell, and helped design the Verizon Center, Nationals Park, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, and the D.C. headquarters of Freddie Mac and Pepco. He co-designed the African-American Civil War Memorial, and provided design adjustments to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. ==Life and career== He was born in October 1942 to in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Paul Devrouax, Sr. and Freddie Warner Devrouax.〔Jakes, Thomas D. and York, Jennifer M. ''Who's Who Among African Americans.'' Detroit: Gale, 2003, p. 341.〕 He had two brothers, Edward and Charles,〔"Paul S. Devrouax Jr." ''Washington Post.'' March 27, 2010.〕 and was raised in New Orleans and Los Angeles, California.〔(Risen, Clay. "Paul Devrouax, 1942-2010: Pathbreaking Architect Helped Revive Washington." ''The Architect's Newspaper.'' April 21, 2010. ) Accessed 2012-02-25.〕 He graduated in 1966 with a degree in architecture from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.〔 Devrouax was drafted into the United States Army, and was promoted to the position of sergeant in the 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment. In 1968, he was stationed at Fort Meade in Maryland. On April 5, 1968, his unit was deployed in D.C. to restore order in the wake of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination riots.〔 Devrouax married Brenda Stallworth on September 9, 1972. The couple had a daughter, Lesley.〔 With African American architect Marshall E. Purnell, he founded Devrouax+Purnell Architects and Planners, PC, in 1978.〔 He was elected president of the National Organization of Minority Architects in 1980,〔"People." ''Jet.'' December 4, 1980.〕 and the Washington Project for the Arts in 1988.〔"Appointments." ''Washington Post.'' October 31, 1988.〕 In 1986, Devrouax designed the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Building for the D.C. city government, a structure which helped revitalized the U Street NW historic neighborhood.〔Gutheim, Frederick A. and Lee, Antoinette J. ''Worthy of the Nation: Washington, D.C., From L'Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission.'' Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, p. 334-335.〕 He designed the renovation of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's apartment home at the Rittenhouse Building in LeDroit Park in Washington, D.C., in 1990.〔Shaw, Terri. "Rebuilding Jackson's House." ''Washington Post.'' April 26, 1990.〕 In 1995, Devrouax+Purnell won the design for one of Freddie Mac's headquarters building in McLean, Virginia. They were the first African American architects to design a headquarters for a Fortune 500 company.〔"Black Architects Design History in Nation's Capital." ''The Crisis.'' July–August 2004, p. 10.〕〔Haggerty, Maryann. "Behind the Design of a New Headquarters." ''Washington Post.'' June 19, 1995.〕 Five years later, Devrouax+Purnell became the first African American owned architectural firm to design a corporate headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., when they won the design competition for the new Pepco building.〔 Devrouax also helped design the Verizon Center (home of the Washington Wizards professional basketball team and the Washington Capitals professional ice hockey team), which was finished in 1997, and Nationals Park (home of the Washington Nationals professional baseball team), which was completed in 2008.〔 He also helped lead the design team for the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, which opened in 2003.〔Plumb, Tierney. "Architect Paul Devrouax Dies." ''Washington Business Journal.'' March 22, 2010.〕 In 2009, Devrouax+Purnell's design was one of six chosen as finalists for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul S. Devrouax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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