julia_morgan | significantproject | hearst_castle <sep> julia morgan (january 20, 1872 – february 2, 1957) was an american architect and engineer she designed more than 700 buildings in california during a long and prolific career she is best known for her work on hearst castle in san simeon, californiamorgan was the first woman to be admitted to the architecture program at l'école nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in paris and the first woman architect licensed in california she designed many edifices for institutions serving women and girls, including a number of young women's christian association (ywca's) and buildings for mills college in many of her structures, morgan pioneered the aesthetic use of reinforced concrete, a material that proved to have superior seismic performance in the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes 
hearst castle was a significant project for julia morgan.she is best known for her work on hearst castle in san simeon, california