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Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan was a pioneering American architect and engineer, best known for designing Hearst Castle.
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Hello! My name is Julia Morgan. When I was a little girl, I loved to build things. I would stack blocks as high as they could go to make tall towers. I also loved to draw. I didn't just draw animals or flowers—I drew pictures of houses and all sorts of buildings, imagining all the people who might live inside them.
When I grew up, I became an architect. That's a big word for someone who designs buildings! I would take my ideas and draw them on huge pieces of paper. Then, builders would use my drawings to make real, strong buildings that people could use. I designed hundreds of buildings—cozy houses, tall hotels, and fun swimming pools. My most famous building is a giant castle by the sea called Hearst Castle. It’s so big and fancy, it looks like it came straight out of a fairytale!
I lived to be 85 years old, and I spent my whole life doing what I loved: building. Even though I'm not here anymore, my beautiful buildings are! You can still visit them today and see the tall towers and grand rooms I dreamed up so long ago. My buildings show everyone that if you have a big dream, you can build it, piece by piece.
Julia Morgan: The Girl Who Built a Castle
Hello! My name is Julia Morgan. When I was a little girl, I loved to build things. I would stack blocks as high as they could go to make tall towers. I also loved to draw. I didn't just draw animals or flowers—I drew pictures of houses and all sorts of buildings, imagining all the people who might live inside them.
When I grew up, I became an architect. That's a big word for someone who designs buildings! I would take my ideas and draw them on huge pieces of paper. Then, builders would use my drawings to make real, strong buildings that people could use. I designed hundreds of buildings—cozy houses, tall hotels, and fun swimming pools. My most famous building is a giant castle by the sea called Hearst Castle. It’s so big and fancy, it looks like it came straight out of a fairytale!
I lived to be 85 years old, and I spent my whole life doing what I loved: building. Even though I'm not here anymore, my beautiful buildings are! You can still visit them today and see the tall towers and grand rooms I dreamed up so long ago. My buildings show everyone that if you have a big dream, you can build it, piece by piece.
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Julia Morgan was a pioneering American architect and engineer, best known for designing Hearst Castle. She was the first woman admitted to the architecture program at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California.
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