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Paul László or Paul Laszlo (6 February 1900–27 March 1993) was a famous modern architect and interior designer. more...

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László built his reputation while designing interiors for houses, but in the 1960s, largely shifted his focus to the design of retail and commercial interiors.

He was born (as László Pál) in Debrecen, Hungary (then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire) to László Ignác and László (born Soros) Regina; his family later moved to Szombathely, Hungary. Sources citing his birthplace as Budapest are incorrect. He had three sisters and two brothers; two of his sisters and both of his parents died in the Holocaust along with seven other relatives not in his immediate family.

László completed his education in Vienna, Austria before moving to Stuttgart, Germany, where he rapidly established himself as a prominent designer, winning the admiration of, among others, Salvador Dalí. However, the rising tide of anti-semitism and Nazism made László's position precarious in Europe due to his Jewish ancestry. In 1936 he fled Europe for the United States to escape the Nazis. Ironically, without László's knowledge, some of his work appeared in Adolf Hitler's Eagle's Nest (the Kehlsteinhaus) near Berchtesgaden which infuriated Albert Speer, chief architect of the Third Reich and close advisor to Hitler. This incident convinced László he had to leave his family, his practice and his friends because Europe was no longer safe for him. He applied for and accepted a professorship teaching architecture in Argentina. However, never intending to go to South America, László was hidden by friends of his until he was able to get passage on an oceanliner, which was not headed to South America, but rather New York City.

Arriving in New York City, he immediately bought an automobile, drove to Southern California and established an office in affluent Beverly Hills, California. László's reputation preceded him. He was popular with the wealthy political and acting elite, including such persons as Ronald Reagan, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Barry Goldwater, the Vanderbilts, Fritz Lang, Barbara Hutton, Ray Milland, Debbie Reynolds, Sonja Henie, Billy Wilder, John D. Hertz, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Koster, William Perlberg, William Wyler, and Robert Taylor. Although he deeply loved his adopted Los Angeles, his work remained international in scope. His designs were opulent yet never over-stated; expensive and executed with impeccable taste. His projects left nothing to chance and he would design virtually all aspects including furniture, fabrics, drapes, rugs, lamps and other fixtures. He was notoriously intransigent in his design projects but with his own unique style, few complained because of the overwhelming impact of his completed projects. László personally preferred generously dimensioned furniture but for one client who was sensitive about his small stature, László designed all of the furnishings in slightly less than standard scale. László was delighted when the client later told him that the new house made him feel tall for the first time in his life. As he devoted more and more of his efforts to interiors, he seldom would accept architectural commissions. He was known for rejecting clients when he thought the relationship would be unsatisfactory to him. Most famously, he refused to design for Elizabeth Taylor in 1960 at the height of her celebrity, due to her demands for design input; later, he refused to design for Barbra Streisand for similar reasons.

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