- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- J. W. Robinson
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- Subject:
- Architects--Georgia--Atlanta
African American architects--Georgia--Atlanta
Teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Educators--Georgia--Atlanta
African American educators--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Robinson, J. W. (Joseph W.), 1927- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- J. W. Robinson, pictured in June 2006, was an influential Georgia architect. In addition to his firm's work on such public projects as parks, university buildings, and churches in Atlanta, Robinson took an active role in the preservation of historic buildings in the state.
Photograph of Atlanta, Georgia architect J. W. Robinson. He wears a dark suit and patterned tie. He faces forward.
In 1995 J. W. Robinson became the first African American architect from Georgia to be elevated to fellowship in the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Robinson has been a practicing architect for more than thirty years and an educator and mentor to African American architects and other professionals. His work has included historic preservation in the Sweet Auburn and Martin Luther King Jr. historic districts of Atlanta. He is a charter member of the National Organization of Minority Architects. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/j-w-robinson-1927-2008/m-11011/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of J. W. Robinson and Associates, Inc
Courtesy of J. W. Robinson & Associates, Inc - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-w-robinson-1927-2008
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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