Draftsman, Witmer and Watson, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1923-1924; Draftsman, George Washington Smith, Architect, Santa Barbara, CA, 1924-1926; Designer, John Parkinson, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1927; Principal, Douglas Honnold, Architect, Los Angeles, 1929-1952 (in the American Architects Directory, Gane. ed., 1970, p, 419, the dates for Honnold's solo practice were put as 1941-1953); Instructor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 1948-1949; Partner, Honnold and Rex, Architects and Associates, Los Angeles, CA, 1953-1966; Partner, Honnold, Reibsamen and Rex, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1966-1974;

Instructor, Art Center School, Pasadena, CA, 1948-1949. Visiting Critic for Fifth-Year Design, University of Southern California, Berkeley, Los Angeles, CA, 1953-1961 (in the American Architects Directory, Gane. ed., 1970, p, 419, the dates for Honnold's activity at USC were 1952-1960);

Member, American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, 1943-1974; Chairman, Public Relations Committee, American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, 1954; President, American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, 1956; Honnold was President of the AIA when it staged its annual convention in Los Angeles, CA, in 1956; Secretary, American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, 1966; when surveyed in 1970, Honnold reported being a Registered Architect in the States of AZ, CA, and NV.

Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, for the Embassy and Beverly Hills Club, 1947. Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 1957; Award of Honor, The Los Angeles Federal Savings and Loan, Sunset-Vine Office Building, American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, 1963. Grand Prix, City of Los Angeles and the American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, Los Angeles Federal Savings and Loan, Sunset-Vine Office Building, 1967; Award of Excellence, from the American Institute of Steel Construction, Los Angeles Federal Savings and Loan, Sunset-Vine Office Building, 1968; Progressive Architecture Award, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 1970;

Coursework, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1920-1921; coursework, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1922-1923;

Born in Montreal, Canada, Honnold died in Los Angeles County, CA, at the age of 72. Honnold's last residence was in the 90069 zip code of West Hollywood, CA.

Douglas Honnold's wife, Elizabeth G. Honnold (01/19/1905 - 09/16/1978), later married the Los Angeles architect, John Lautner, (his former associate), becoming his second wife; Lautner married her in 1950.

Douglas and Elizabeth Honnold had one child, Elizabeth; she grew up with John Lautner, however, as her mother remarried him.

SSN: 572-44-3651, card issued in 1951; when surveyed in 1955, Honnold indicated that he had traveled abroad in Mexico. Honnold wrote a guidebook, "Southern California Architecture 1769-1956," one of series that was published by Reinhold Publishing Corporation prior to each American Institute of Architects Convention in the 1950s. (Los Angeles hosted the AIA Convention in 1956.)

• Montreal, QU Canada (Architect's Birth)
  Montreal, QU Canada

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