David Lawrence Gray

David Lawrence Gray (1940–2022) was a Seattle-born architect and Fellow of the AIA who founded David Lawrence Gray Architects in Los Angeles in 1979. Educated at the University of Washington and UC Berkeley, he became a central figure in the adaptive reuse movement, restoring hundreds of historic units in Downtown Los Angeles. His signature style utilized an industrial palette of concrete, steel, and glass to create austere yet playful modern structures.