Homer Delawie

[1] Born in Santa Barbara on September 24, 1927, Delawie worked in forestry as a teen before serving in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II.

Two of Delawie's residential projects, both post and beam Modernist houses (from 1962 and 1973), are among San Diego Historic Landmarks in the Point Loma and Ocean Beach areas.

In the 1980s, Delawie designed major public works such as the SeaWorld Penguin Exhibit, the San Diego Police Headquarters, and the Metropolitan Transit System's James R. Mills Building.

[5][6] He was engaged in civic planning and development issues in San Diego and served as chapter president of the AIA, and on a number of state and national committees and design juries.

[1] Locally he served on the city's Historical Resources Board and the Planning Commission and (with preservationist Robert Miles Parker) helped start the Save Our Heritage Organisation.