Robert Marquis; Architect Designed Low-Priced Housing

Robert Marquis, 67, a San Francisco architect recognized for his appealing designs of moderate- and low-priced housing. Marquis and his firm, Marquis Associates, which opened in 1974, received more than 70 design awards during his four-decade career. The California Council of the American Institute of Architects gave Marquis its 20 Year Award in 1989 for his work on a moderately priced apartment complex that was built in 1963 and remains a model for community design. He was also praised for a 1985 San Francisco project transforming standard public housing into an attractive apartment complex for the elderly. A native of Stuttgart, Germany, Marquis moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was 10. He studied architecture at USC and the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence, Italy. He had served as a juror in the Design Awards Competition of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects. On Tuesday in San Francisco of pancreatic cancer.