Verlag: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association: 1987, 1987
Anbieter: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Zustand: Good. 9 x 12 inches. Self-cover. 2 pages of text followed by 2 pages for each month.Originally for 1987 which has the same sequence of days as 2026, 2037, 2043 and 2054. Pin holes for hanging. Unused.The rediscovery of Morgan's work began in 1988, with the publication of Sara Boutelle's biography, its author inspired by a tour of San Simeon she took in the 1970s. The biography covered the complete span of Morgan's work, and traced her hundreds of clients and commissions beyond Hearst. As the New York Times obituary for Boutelle stated, ?Until Ms. Boutelle published Julia Morgan, Architect (1988), little was known about Morgan (1872?1957) beyond the fact that she had designed William Randolph Hearst's spectacular California castle, San Simeon.?2222William H. Honan, ?Sara Boutelle, Architectural Historian, 90,? New York Times, May 29, 1999,.The strength of Morgan's achievement was finally confirmed when in 2014 she achieved another first: she became the first woman to be awarded the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal, the professional organization's highest honor, more than fifty years after her death. Beverly Willis declared at the 2014 Gold Medal ceremony, ?We women, who graduated in the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s, were denied a phenomenal role model, of an incredible designer and successful practitioner.?