Julia Morgan: The Road to San Simeon, Visionary Architect of the California Renaissance Fuglie Gordon
Julia Morgan: The Road to San Simeon, Visionary Architect of the California Renaissance Fuglie Gordon Julia Morgan was a pioneering woman architect, best known for Hearst Castle, in the vanguard of…
Specifikacia Julia Morgan: The Road to San Simeon, Visionary Architect of the California Renaissance Fuglie Gordon
Julia Morgan: The Road to San Simeon, Visionary Architect of the California Renaissance Fuglie Gordon
Julia Morgan was a pioneering woman architect, best known for Hearst Castle, in the vanguard of Beaux-Arts design and style in the first half of the twentieth century.Julia Morgan was truly a pioneer of her time--among other accomplishments, she was the first woman architect to be licensed in California, in 1904. Focusing on Morgan's most famous project in the state, Hearst Castle, to which she devoted more than 30 years of her life, this volume also examines, for the first time, Morgan's fabulous early buildings in the style. Through her remarkable life and legacy, this book celebrates the Beaux-Arts architecture of California.
Deepening the reader's understanding of California archi-tecture, this book also places into context Morgan's ambitions, her influences and Morgan designed more than 700 buildings across California, many of which are designated landmarks today.