Ronald E. Frazier
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.[1] 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.[2] He served as president of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce.[3] He was an associate professor of architecture at the University of Miami.[4]
Life
[edit]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.[5]
The film The Intention of Design - Building a Legacy was made about his work designing the MLK Office Plaza.[6]
In December 1992, he became a member of the Non-Group (a civically influential group of Miami-Dade business and civic elites).[7]
Works
[edit]- Historic Overtown Folklife Village in Overtown (Miami), masterplan[8][9]
- Enoch D. Davis Center (1981) in St. Petersburg, Florida (named for Enoch Davis
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Office Plaza (MLK Office Plaza)
References
[edit]- ↑ 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".
- ↑ Stuart, Reginald (16 January 1983). "Economic Trouble of Miami's Blacks is Major Issue Facing Prospering City". The New York Times.
- ↑ Harper, David (November 1974). "Miami Dade County Public Library Design Competition, 1974" (PDF). AIM. Vol. 1, no. 2. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
- ↑ "Ronald E. Frazier Appointed to the Transportation Surtax Oversight Board".
- ↑ "The Beautiful Works — The Intention of Design". The Beautiful Works.
- ↑ Saatterfield, David (December 19, 1992). "New Members Expand Non-Group Diversity". The Miami Herald. p. 2B. Retrieved April 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "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.
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