Ronald E. Frazier I is businessman and retired architect based in Miami, Florida. He collaborated on plans for Miami's Heritage Trail under a highway. He is Chairman and CEO of BAC Funding Corporation. He was the second black registered architect in Florida. He incorporated symbolism from Adinkra and Kente cloth designs into his architecture. He served as president of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce. He was an associate professor of architecture at the University of Miami.
Life
Frazier was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University and received a Masters in Urban Design and Planning from Catholic University of America. He was as an assistant professor of architecture and planning at Howard University and the University of Miami.
The film The Intention of Design - Building a Legacy was made about his work designing the MLK Office Plaza.
Works
- Historic Overtown Folklife Village in Overtown (Miami), masterplan
- Enoch D. Davis Center (1981) in St. Petersburg, Florida (named for Enoch Davis
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Office Plaza (MLK Office Plaza)
References
- Writer, Samantha Morell Miami Times Staff (May 17, 2022). "Black architects feel pushed out of Underdeck planning". The Miami Times.
- "The 2024 Black Achievers Awards Recognizes Local Leaders for their Remarkable Contributions to South Florida • JM Family".
- https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/16/us/economic-trouble-of-miami-s-blacks-is-major-issue-facing-prospering-city.html
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Miami_Dade_County_Public_Library_Design_Competition%2C_1974.pdf
- "Ronald E. Frazier Appointed to the Transportation Surtax Oversight Board".
- "The Beautiful Works — The Intention of Design". The Beautiful Works.
- "FRAZIER COMMITTED TO LEADING HIS RACE". April 16, 1995.
- Associates, Ronald E. Frazier & (November 14, 1989). "The Historic Overtown Folklife Village: Master Plan Urban Design Guidelines" – via Google Books.