Robert M. Lawrence

Raley Chapel of Oklahoma Baptist University, completed in 1961. The Chambers Library at the University of Central Oklahoma, completed in 1969. The press box addition to the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, completed in 1975. Robert Martin Lawrence, (August 22, 1930 – February 21, 2011) was an American architect, in practice in Oklahoma City. He was president of the American Institute of Architects for the year 1982.

Life and career Robert Martin Lawrence was born August 22, 1930, in Oklahoma City, to William "Martin" Lawrence, an architect. In 1985 Lawrence & Flesher's upper school of the Heritage Hall School (1984), was recipient of an honor award from the Oklahoma chapter of the AIA and a Solomon Andrew Layton Award for masonry design from the Oklahoma Masonry Institute.

Lawrence joined the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1957 as a member of the Oklahoma chapter. He served in several chapter offices, including president in 1970. He was elected to the AIA board of directors in 1973 and was elected to two terms as secretary, serving from 1977 to 1981. In 1980 he was elected first vice president/president elect for 1981 and president for 1982.

In 1983 Lawrence was appointed to the National Architectural Accrediting Board and was its president for 1986–87. He was elected a fellow of the AIA in 1975 and was elected to honorary membership in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Federation of Colleges of Architects of the Mexican Republic (FCARM).

Architectural works Noftsger, Lawrence & Associates, 1958–1963 Caddo County Courthouse, 110 SW 2nd St, Anadarko, Oklahoma (1959) First Baptist Church, 702 N 3rd St, Stratford, Texas (1959)

Noftsger, Lawrence, Lawrence & Flesher, 1963–1979 Nigh University Center, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma (1967) Art and Design Building, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma (1969)

Lawrence, Lawrence & Flesher, 1979–1982 Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium south end zone additions, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma (1980, demolished 2015)

Lawrence & Flesher, 1982–1987 Heritage Hall School upper school, 1800 NW 122nd St, Oklahoma City (1984)