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Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer. [1] [2] She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career. [3]
After graduating from Harvard University, Warnecke worked as a building inspector for the public housing authority in Richmond, California. [1] [17] [20] In 1943, he began work as a draftsman for his father's architectural firm [1] [2] [17] (which specialized in the Beaux-Arts architectural style). [4]
He was most notable for his "Adobe" designed buildings, having written several articles in the 1920s and 1930s on adobe construction and its influence in California architect. He studied the native building traditions of Hispanic cultures and went through a phase where he built houses of adobe and stucco.
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In California, the Office of the State Architect (now Division of the State Architect) was created by the Field Act, which authorized the new office to develop design standards and quality control procedures for architectural work. George Sellon was the first State Architect for California. . Chester (Chet) A. Widom was the last state architect ...
Christian Science Church, Belvedere, California . Charles Warren Callister (February 27, 1917 – April 3, 2008) was an American architect based in Tiburon, California.He is known for the hand-crafted aesthetic and high-level design of his single-family homes and large community developments.
Richard Joseph Neutra (/ ˈ n ɔɪ t r ə / NOI-tra; [1] 8 April 1892 – 16 April 1970) was an Austrian-American architect.Living and building for most of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect.
David Baker, FAIA LEED AP (born December 20, 1949), is an American architect based in San Francisco, California. He and his firm, David Baker Architects (with principals Daniel Simons and Amanda Loper), are known primarily for designing affordable housing projects, hotels, and condominium lofts, often in converted old industrial buildings. [ 1 ]