Julia Morgan, Architect

Julia Morgan, Architect
Author: Sara Holmes Boutelle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1995
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Biography of Julia Morgan one of the first women to graduate in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and the first women to earn a certificate in architecture from Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris

Julia Morgan (pb)

Julia Morgan (pb)
Author: Mark Anthony Wilson
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2012-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1423636546

Julia Morgan, America’s first truly independent female architect, left a legacy of more than 700 buildings, many of which are now designated landmarks, in cities throughout California, as well as in Hawaii, Utah, and Illinois. Her work spanned five decades, and the total of her commissions was greater than any other major American architect, including Frank Lloyd Wright. This book tells the remarkable story of this architectural pioneer, and features text, drawings, and photographs of the many buildings that still exist.

Signature Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area

Signature Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area
Author: Dave Weinstein
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781586857516

A long time Bay Area writer and journalist explores residential San Francisco architecture and fifteen of the lesser-known architects who designed the homes, including a summary of each architects' birth and death dates, style, active projects, famous projects, and a list of houses to visit. h formality without stuffiness. Faudree is a designer wit iture. Plus, learn how to discover additional storage nooks around the house. Ideal for anyone looking to reorganize, this book includes ways to contain hobbies, collections, tools, office materials, media, and more; and great ideas for using outbuildings and sheds for additional storage. 'Home Storage' is an essential resource. ovided by the nation's top designers and architects; construction blueprints available for every home; and planning and design advice, and tips throughout. lanning on building a shed or having one installed on a property. A complete guide to the types of sheds available, it offers tips for adding storage systems and other accessories, and building information that is geared to both the novice do-it-you rselfer and ith maps, photographs, illustrations, and at the out

Hearst Castle

Hearst Castle
Author: Victoria Kastner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2000-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Illustrated here are the Castle's Spanish ceilings and other architectural fragments, medieval tapestries, Renissance furniture, nineteenth-century sculpture, and wide-ranging examples of European decorative arts, including ceramics, metalworks, textiles, and more."--BOOK JACKET.

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley
Author: Harvey Helfand
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781568982939

This book "offers an insider's view of the first school in the University of California system. The Beaux-Arts master plan by John Galen Howard created a classic setting for early buildings by Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, and Greene & Greene, and later buildings by John Carl Warnecke, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Charles Moore, Donlyn Lyndon, William Turnbull, and landscape architecture by Lawrence Halprin. The campus is unique for its breadth of architectural works by California designers. [This book], featuring over 100 buildings, is fascinating to read and an easy-to-use companion for a walking tour. With a foreword by Berkeley's Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl, and striking photographs by author Harvey Helfand, this is the definitive guide to the history and architecture of the first public institution of higher learning in California"--Inside front cover.

Toward a Simpler Way of Life

Toward a Simpler Way of Life
Author: Robert Winter
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780520209169

Anti-commercial and anti-modern, the California Arts and Crafts Movement drew upon the decorative schemes of English Tudor, Swiss chalet, Japanese temple, and Spanish mission, evoking an earlier time before modern industry and technology intruded. This book celebrates the Movement with chapters on architects such as Bernard Maybeck, Charles and Henry Greene, John Galen Howard, and Julia Morgan. 365 duotone photos.

Julia Morgan's Berkeley City Club

Julia Morgan's Berkeley City Club
Author: Sarah Gill
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-11-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692685501

How Julia Morgan came to design the Berkeley City Club in 1930, why the clubhouse is an architectural masterpiece, and what uses it has seen over the past 85 years.

Bernard Maybeck

Bernard Maybeck
Author: Mark Anthony Wilson
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2011
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1423611802

The work of Bernard Maybeck has influenced generations of architects. His landmark buildings include the Palace of Fine Arts and First Church of Christ, Scientist. His emphasis on an open use of natural materials marks him as a pioneer in sustainable architecture, or "green design." This book not only encompasses his most memorable works but also includes letters and drawings from the family archives never before seen by the general public.

Bay Area Style

Bay Area Style
Author: David Weingarten
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most beautiful and romantic spots in America, and for over a hundred years some of the country's greatest architects have graced the region with their work. Bay Area Style houses exhibit a distinct and frequently dramatic relationship to the out-of-doors while suggesting a feeling of informality. Emerging from the California Craftsman Style, these houses use natural materials, including wood and river stone. Bay Area Style showcases a variety of the most extraordinary homes from this remarkable region and spans more than a century, revealing the development of a rich tradition. These houses capture the spirit of the place and embody the region's unique style. Featured are houses by architectural luminaries Ernest Coxhead, Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Raphael Soriano, and Charles Moore, among others.

All about Julia Morgan

All about Julia Morgan
Author: Phyllis Perry
Publisher: All about
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781681570952

Julia Morgan was born into a world that doubted the ability of women, but her mother and grandmother taught her not to listen. Not only did she graduate college as the only woman in her class getting a degree in civil engineering, she went on to attend Beaux-Arts in Paris. As the best architecture school in the world, many were surprised when she passed the entrance exams, and even more so when she finished the five-year program in three years! After becoming the first woman to receive an architecture license in California, she opened her own business and was quickly singled out by William Hearst, who admired her imaginative style and unique projects. With his funding, she built Hearst Castle, one of the most famous buildings in California. It was her largest and most complex project, but by no means her last. She went on to build and advocate for the YWCA and Mills College, which both worked to advance women's opportunities.