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Architect Julia Morgan: Insights Into Her Genius & Legacy

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UC Berkeley Extension

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Partner:: UC Berkeley Extension
Location:: UC Berkeley Extension
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 10.20.12
Speaker:: Karen McNeill
Tags:: architecture; Architectural History; berkeley; environmentalism

Summary: Julia Morgan, the architect of Hearst Castle, was a person of notable “firsts.” A graduate from UC Berkeley’s College of Civil Engineering, she was the first woman to be admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first female licensed architect in California. She designed over 700 buildings over the course of her forty-seven-year career, many in Berkeley and San Francisco. Learn more about this extraordinary architect as historian Karen McNeil takes you on a journey of Morgan’s life and work. You will have the opportunity to examine some of Morgan’s beautifully executed drawings on display in our downstairs gallery. This lecture is part of a celebration of the 110th anniversary of Julia Morgan’s return to California from Paris.

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Karen McNeill

Karen McNeill is a historian based in Oakland. She has been researching and writing about Julia Morgan since 2000 and has published multiple articles on the subject, including most recently, "'Women Who Build': Julia Morgan & Women's Institutions," in the Summer 2012 issue of California History. Her work focuses on women and gender in the architectural profession as well as how Progressive Era women used the built environment to expand their roles society as consumers, reformers, educators, and professionals. Dr. McNeill is currently completing a book manuscript on Julia Morgan. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Autry National Center, the Bancroft Library, and the University of California Humanities Research Institute. Beyond her work on Julia Morgan, Dr. McNeill teaches history and architectural history at colleges and universities in the Bay Area and has been involved in historic preservation, authoring several context statements for major surveys and successfully nominating a range of buildings to the National Register of Historic Places.

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01.: Introduction

01 min 16 sec

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02.: A Short Biography of Julia Morgan

02 min 25 sec

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03.: Training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts

02 min 18 sec

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04.: Return to California: The Greek Theatre

01 min 55 sec

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05.: Beaux-Arts Style In Oakland

01 min 55 sec

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06.: El Campanil at Mills College

03 min 19 sec

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07.: The Bay Tradition

04 min 23 sec

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08.: Morgan as a Client's Architect

02 min 18 sec

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09.: The Kings' Daughters Home for Incurables

03 min 36 sec

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10.: The Lakeview Annex

01 min 47 sec

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11.: The Methodist Chinese Mission

03 min 54 sec

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12.: The Williams & Mitchell House

05 min 38 sec

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13.: Feminism and Modernity In Morgan's Work

02 min 08 sec

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14.: Q&A

00 min 21 sec

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15.: Q1: Landscape Design

00 min 36 sec

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16.: Q2: Size of Morgan's Practice

01 min 45 sec

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17.: Q3: Fate of the Oakland YWCA Building

00 min 37 sec

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18.: Q4: Morgan's Family Life

01 min 48 sec

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19.: Q5: Origin of the Methodist Chinese Mission Keystone

00 min 33 sec

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20.: Q6: Influence from the Arts and Crafts Movement

00 min 57 sec

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21.: Q8: Brick Facade on the Chinese Mission

00 min 23 sec

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22.: Q7: Why the Ecole des Beaux-Arts?

03 min 02 sec

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23.: Q8: Julia Morgan on the Environment, Women In Architecture

02 min 50 sec

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24.: Q9: Impact of YWCA Designs

02 min 30 sec

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25.: Q10: Family Background and Personal Homes

03 min 08 sec

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26.: Q11: Julia Morgan's Work In State and National Parks

01 min 30 sec

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27.: Q12: Destroying Works on Retirement

01 min 07 sec

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28.: Q13: The Secrets to Morgan's Success

03 min 38 sec

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29.: Q14: Frank Lloyd Wright

00 min 29 sec

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30.: Q15: Relationship with William Randolph Hearst

01 min 22 sec

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31.: Q16: Was Morgan a Genius?

02 min 42 sec

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32.: Q17: Buildings In the Final Slide

01 min 47 sec

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Julia Morgan and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts

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Historian Karen McNeil recounts the difficulties faced famed architect Julia Morgan, in her pioneering bid to train at the prestigious architectural program at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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01 hr 08 min 02 sec

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