Women Designing for Powerful Men
For decades William Hearst’s estate at San Simeon was famous, but few people knew the architect was Julia Morgan. She is one of many women designers commissioned by powerful men and organizations from President Woodrow Wilson to John D. Rockefeller and Steve Jobs; and from early Silicon Valley companies and developers to famous male rock bands. This section presents some examples of these relationships in the areas of architecture, landscape, and graphic design.
William Randolph Hearst (La Cuesta Encantata or Hearst Castle)
San Simeon, CA, ca. 1925– 1929, Julia Morgan, architect.
Julia Morgan Collection
San Simeon, CA, ca. 1925– 1929, Julia Morgan, architect.
Julia Morgan Collection
Drawings of the East Garden at the White House, Washington, DC, 1913–1916. Beatrix Farrand, landscape architect.
Beatrix Farrand Collection
John D. Rockefeller, Eyrie Garden,
Seal Harbor, ME, 1933–1934.
Moongate photograph, brochure of Eyrie garden.
Beatrix Farrand, landscape architect.
Beatrix Farrand Collection
Grateful Dead Terrapin Station, San Francisco, 1998. Cathy Simon, architect.
SMWM Collection.
Letter to S.F. Mayor Willie Brown re: Terrapin Station. Cathy Simon, architect.
SMWM Collection
Steve & Laurene Powell Jobs, Palo Alto, CA, 1991. Mai Arbegast, landscape architect.
Mai Arbegast Collection
Menlo Park, CA, ca. 1960.
Geraldine Knight Scott, landscape architect.
Geraldine Knight Scott Collection
Menlo Park Professional Zone,
Menlo Park, CA, 1950.
Geraldine Knight Scott, landscape architect.
Phil Palmer, photographer.
Geraldine Knight Scott Collection
Sea Ranch logo Supergraphics. Sea Ranch, CA, ca. 1964. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, graphic designer.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon Collection
Sea Ranch Store logo supergraphics. Joseph Esherick, architect, Sea Ranch, CA, ca. 1964.
William Turnbull/MLTW Collection
Sea Ranch Athletic Club Supergraphics, Sea Ranch, CA, ca. 1965.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, graphic designer. Morley Baer, photographer. William Turnbull/MLTW Collection
Sea Ranch Athletic Club Supergraphics. Progressive Architecture, March 1967.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon Collection
Sea Ranch Christmas Card. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, graphic designer.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon Collection
Bag from Sea Ranch store with logo.
Bobbi S. Solomon on a project.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon Collection