Victorian Society in America, Virtual Lecture, March 5, 2022, at 3 p.m. ET, 12 p.m. PST. My virtual lecture for the Victorian Society in America, "Julia Morgan: An Intimate Portrait," was presented live on March 5th, at 3pm ET. This was the last lecture in the Victorian Society's “Women Artists, Designers, Architects” series. If you... Read more »

The Annenberg Community Beach House Kicked off Women's History Month with a Virtual Lecture on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 1 p.m. During my presentation, I shared many details from my new book, "Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect," published by Chronicle Books and available everywhere. Drawing on Julia Morgan's unpublished letters... Read more »

On March 22, 2022, Julia Morgan's sesquicentennial year, Victoria Kastner will give a talk centered around her new book, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect, published by Chronicle books. Drawing on Morgan's unpublished letters and recently discovered diaries, Kastner provides the first comprehensive portrait of this architect's inspiring career and private life.... Read more »

The year 2022 marks the sesquicentennial of pioneering architect Julia Morgan (1872-1957). Though best known as the designer of William Randolph Hearst’s lavish San Simeon estate (1919), Morgan built an additional 700 structures throughout the west. Her life and career are a story intersecting with the end of the Gilded Age, both in the style... Read more »