List of California women architects
The following is a list of women architects in California by region – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and preservation.
Northern California
Northern California includes San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, and Metropolitan Fresno.
- Helen Findlay Aycrigg[1]
- Esther Baum Born[1][2][3]
- Elizabeth Boyter[1]
- Lilian Bridgman[4][1]
- Ella Castelhun[3]
- Louise Clever[1]
- Edna Deakin[5]
- Audrey Emmons[1]
- Anne Fougeron[6]
- Helen French[1]
- Arabelle Hufbauer[1]
- Vera Jansone[1]
- Grace Jewett[3]
- Lois Kartwold[1]
- Michelle Kaufmann[7]
- Evelyn Kosmak[1]
- Katherine Lambert[1]
- Lois Wilson Langhorst[8][1]
- Roslyn Lindheim[1]
- Julia Morgan[9][10]
- Gertrude Comfort Morrow[1]
- Hilde Reiss[1]
- Sally Bould Stan[11]
- Rebecca Wood Esherick Watkin[1]
- Beverly Willis[12][13]
Southern California
Southern California can include the counties of Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
- Katherine Bashford[14]
- Barbara Bestor[9]
- Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter[15]
- Cory Buckner[9][10]
- Jeanine Centuori[10]
- Olive K. Chadeayne[16]
- Annie Chu[10]
- Mary Colter[17]
- Isabelle Duvuvier[18]
- Ray Eames[10]
- Dora Epstein-Jones
- Greta Grossman[19]
- Helen Liu Fong[20]
- Mia Lehrer[9][10]
- Mehrnoosh Mojallali[10]
- Edith Northman[21]
- Iris Anna Regn[10]
- Lilian Rice[22]
- Lutah Maria Riggs[23]
- Ruth Shellhorn[24]
- Paulette Singley[10]
- Norma Merrick Sklarek[25]
- Hazel Wood[4]
- Florence Yoch[26]
- Liane Zimbler[27]
- Anne Zimmerman[28]
- Jennifer Siegal[29]
- Julie Eizenberg[30]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Horton, Inge S. (August 11, 2014). "Daring to Design Modern: Women Architects of Northern California". Docomomo.
- ^ Olsberg, Nicholas (2015). Architects and artists: the work of Ernest and Esther Born. San Francisco CA: Book Club of California. ISBN 978-0981959771. OCLC 926071198.
- ^ a b c Horton, Inge Schaefer (2010). Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area: the Lives and Work of Fifty Professionals, 1890–1951. McFarland & Co., Publishers. ISBN 978-0786446568. OCLC 601050103.
- ^ a b Allaback, Sarah (2008). The First American Women Architects. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 53–56. ISBN 978-0252033216.
- ^ Marvin, Betty (1984). The Residential Work in Berkeley of Five Women Architects. Berkeley, California: Berkeley Architectural Heritage in Association.
- ^ Firestone, Rebecca (February 15, 2012). "Anne Fougeron on Women in Architecture". The Architects' Take.
- ^ "8 Great Female Architects Designing The Future". Alucobond. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ Hess, Alan (2007). Forgotten Modern: California Houses 1940-1970. Gibbs Smith. pp. 154–158. ISBN 978-1-58685-858-2.
- ^ a b c d Broverman, Neal (September 30, 2015). "6 Women Who Changed the Face of L.A. Architecture". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Anderton, Frances (September 11, 2012). "Women of Substance: Julia Morgan And L.A.'s Female Architects". KCET. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "A Guide to the Sally Waldner Bould Stan Architectural Collection, 1940-1997". Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Dunning, Jennifer (December 17, 1983). "San Francisco Ballet Opens New Headquarters". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ Armstrong, Leslie; Morgan, Roger; Lipske, Mike (1984). Space for dance: an architectural design guide. New York: Center for Cultural Resources: National Endowment for the Arts Dance Program. ISBN 978-0890621899.
- ^ Keylon, Steven (Fall 2013). "The California Landscapes of Katherine Bashford" (PDF). Eden: Journal of the California Garden & Landscape History Society. 16 (4). Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Hawthorne, Christopher. "'The architecture degree will be the law degree of the 21st century': A conversation with Woodbury's Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ "A Guide to the Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection, 1924–1956". Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Fried, Stephen (May 2, 2011). "Fred Harvey architect Mary Colter's last two gifts to Los Angeles". LA Observed.
- ^ Boone, Lisa (March 7, 2022). "How one woman built an ADU, without killing a 60-year-old tree". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Kaplan, Wendy (2011). California Design, 1930–1965: Living in a Modern Way. The MIT Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0262016070.
- ^ Woo, Elaine (April 26, 2005). "Obituaries; Helen Liu Fong, 78; Architect Created Futuristic Designs for Coffee Shops". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ Powell, John Edward (May 11, 1990). "Edith Mortensen Northman: Tower District Architect". The Fresno Bee. A Guide to Historic Architecture in Fresno, California. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Welch, Diane Y. (2016). The Life and Times of Lilian J. Rice, Master Architect. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Books. ISBN 978-0764349584.
- ^ "Aid for the Lutah Maria Riggs papers, 1882–1984 0000169". The Online Archive of California. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Noland, Claire (November 12, 2006). "Ruth Shellhorn, 97; landscape architect for Bullock's, Disneyland". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Woo, Elaine (February 10, 2012). "Pioneering African American architect". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Yoch, James J. (1989). Landscaping the American dream : the gardens and film sets of Florence Yoch, 1890–1972. New York: H.N. Abrams. ISBN 0810912732.
- ^ "Liane Zimbler Architectural Collection, 1912–1982, 1993–1994", Virginia Heritage. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Anne Zimmerman, AIA". Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "My Fellow Americans: Jennifer Siegal, Architect". NPR.org. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "The Right Touch". Metropolis. December 1, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2018.