Lawrence, Gene (Clifford Eugene Lawrence Jr.), 1924-2013
Dates
- Existence: Birth - Death
Biography
Clifford Eugene “Gene” Lawrence, Jr. was a talented, acclaimed and prolific Palm Beach architect with many premier residential and commercial buildings spanning the time period from the 1960s to 2013.
A native of North Florida, Gene Lawrence graduated cum laude from the University of Florida’s College of Architecture and Fine Arts in 1957 and then served in the Navy’s Civil Engineering Corps before coming to Palm Beach. After moving to Palm Beach, he worked with various architectural and engineering firms in Florida before opening his private practice, The Lawrence Group Architects, in 1965 in an office at 205 Worth Avenue. He continued working in that building for 47 years until his retirement in 2013.
Thousands of condominium homes in Palm Beach are in buildings designed by Lawrence. In addition to The Reef, his work includes the residential buildings at Sloan’s Curve, the Sun and Surf, L’Ermitage of Palm Beach, Parc Regent, Sutton Place, Ambassador South, The Cove, The Regency of Palm Beach, Il Lugano and the Bellaria. Lawrence’s firm also redesigned the Palm Beach Biltmore as part of the former hotel’s conversion into condominiums.
Occupations
- Architects -- Date: 1965-03-01 - 2013
Places
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
150 Worth Avenue - Esplanade
The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.
2275 South Ocean - The Reef Condos
The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.
Eugene Lawrence Architectural Collection
The Eugene Lawrence Collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings of and relating to properties designed and built by Eugene Lawrence and the Lawrence group between 1965-2013. Properties are both residential and commercial, and center in Palm Beach, Florida, although Lawrence did design buildings in other locations within the Palm Beach County, Florida region.
Eugene Lawrence Photography and Clippings, bulk: 1960 - 2010
The Eugene Lawrence Collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings of and relating to properties designed and built by Eugene Lawrence and the Lawrence group between 1965-2013. Properties are both residential and commercial, and center in Palm Beach, Florida, although Lawrence did design buildings in other locations within the Palm Beach County, Florida region.
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