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Berkeley City Women's Club, 1929. Julia Morgan.

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Row of arched windows looks into interior courtyard. Mediterranean design. With corbeled columns. Victoria Nash
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Porthole is a surprising shape and design element adds diversity in scheme. Victoria Nash
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Another odd shaped window..for diversity it works. Victoria Nash
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Band of windows on top tier is grounding. This symmetry is very Beaux Arts. Victoria Nash
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Grills on leaded glass windows is a welcoming decorative element. Welcoming. Victoria Nash
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Scale is building is carefully considered. As this is in a residential neighborhood. Warm Stucco is keeping in style with Mediterranean flavor and also architectural style of Berkeley. Victoria Nash
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Sculptued band of half arches with sculpted at ends. References sculpture on the door. Victoria Nash
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Arched doorway with sculpted flowers. In the vein of Beaux arts style. Victoria Nash
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Windows are recessed. An element of Beaux Arts. Victoria Nash
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Flat roof line w/ terra cotta roof tiles. Mediterranean influenced. Victoria Nash
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V. Nash- Berkeley City Women's Club (1929), Berkeley, CA, Julia Morgan In form and function this building represents a modern historical movement and the modern woman behind it. Women's organizations between 1900 and 1930 in California were looking to claim and create new buildings which best served their cause. They wanted to define their own boundaries on their own terms. In 1927 they sought the iconic Bay Area native architect Julia Morgan to define their dreams. Julia Morgan was one of the first female graduates in the civil engineering at University of Berkeley (1894), the first woman to gain admission and earn a certificate from the Ecole des Baux -Arts in Paris(1898-1902), the first woman to acquire an architectural license in California(1904), and one of few women to have her own practice in the country. The Berkeley Club is affectionately referred to as, " Julia's Little Castle" and is an eclectic mix of Moorish and Gothic styles. It is a registered California Historical Landmark and currently functions as a hotel and civic club and open to all.

Citations:
Karen McNeill, Women Who Build, Julia Morgan & Women's Institutions, University of California Press. (2012)
Dell Upton, Architecture in the United States