Douglas Honnold
| Douglas Honnold | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 17, 1901 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 14, 1974 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Residence | 245 South Burlingame Street, Brentwood, Los Angeles, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth G. Honnold |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Douglas Honnold (August 17, 1901 – March 14, 1974) was an award-winning Canadian-born American architect. He designed many residential properties and commercial buildings in Los Angeles, California. He won an Honor Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in January 1947 for his design of the Embassy Shop in Beverly Hills alongside architect John Lautner. He turned down the offer to design the famous McDonald's golden arches.
Douglas Honnold was born on August 17, 1901 in Montreal, Canada. He attended Cornell University in 1920–1921, and the University of California, Berkeley in 1922–1923.
Honnold designed the Delores Del Rio House at 757 Kingman Avenue in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles for Mexican actress Dolores del Río and Irish production designer Cedric Gibbons in 1929. He also designed the Samuel Goldwyn Estate in Beverly Hills, California in 1934. Additionally, he designed the Stars' Dressing Room Building and Stage 8 at the studios of Twentieth Century Fox, and the Westwood Music Center in Westwood. He also designed the Westminster Gardens Project in Duarte, California.
With Arthur W. Hawes and George Vernon Russell, he designed the Hollywood Reporter Building on Sunset Boulevard in 1937. A decade earlier, circa 1927, he had designed the Alexander Kiam House in Los Angeles with Russell.
With John Lautner, he designed the Beverly Hills Club. They also designed the Embassy Shop in Beverly Hills, which won an Honor Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in January 1947. Additionally, they designed the Coffee Dan's Restaurant buildings on Vine Street in Hollywood as well as on Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles in 1946.
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