Julia morgan

Image 6 of 6 from gallery of Julia Morgan: The Trailblazing Female Architect Overlooked No More by The New York Times. Asilomar YWCA; Pacific Heights, CA (1913-1928) / Julia Morgan. Image courtesy of Joel Puliatti; Julia Morgan, Architect of Beauty

Julia Morgan was an American architect and engineer. She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career. She is best known for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California

American Architect and Engineer. She is best remembered for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. Born into a wealthy family. she was the first woman to be admitted to the architecture program at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, France. Upon her return from Paris, she took employment with the San Francisco...

Chapel of the Chimes - Julia Morgan

In advance of International Women’s Day, The Times has published an article by Alexandra Lange detailing the life and legacy of Julia Morgan.

Detail of photographic portrait of Julia Morgan, at Notre Dame, Paris, 1901

Architecture has also been a man’s domain for a long time and role of women is still overlooked in the profession. In my 5 years of student architect life, the ratio of boy to girl students has been 1:3 which has in the last 10 years changed to 1:1. Maybe it is time that we looked at the women who have overcome obstacles, designed landmark buildings and established successful architecture careers. In the first post of Architalks, get introduced to 9 such wonderful ladies who made remarkable…

The Julia Morgan House, a historic masterpiece and one of Sacramento’s architecturally distinguished homes, was designed by Julia Morgan in 1918 and constructed from 1919 – 1922. The house was commissioned by Lizzie Glide as a wedding gift for her daughter, Mary Glide Goethe and husband Charles Goethe. At the time, the Glides were one

A new biography looks at the largely forgotten architect who executed more than 700 building projects in California, including the Hearst Castle.

March 13, 2022Few if any women architects have had the impact of Julia Morgan, who did much of her pioneering work more than a century ago. Morgan (1872–1957) — a California native who was a prime interpreter of the state’s design idioms — will always be remembered for spending three decades creating one of the […]