List of California women architects

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The following is a list of women architects in California by region – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and preservation.

## Northern California

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Northern California includes San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, and Metropolitan Fresno.

* Helen Findlay Aycrigg[1]
* Esther Baum Born[1][2][3]
* Elizabeth Boyter[1]
* Lilian Bridgman[4][1]
* Ella Castelhun[3]
* Louise Clever[1]
* Edna Deakin[5]
* Audrey Emmons[1]
* Anne Fougeron[6]
* Helen French[1]
* Arabelle Hufbauer[1]
* Vera Jansone[1]
* Grace Jewett[3]
* Lois Kartwold[1]
* Michelle Kaufmann[7]
* Evelyn Kosmak[1]
* Katherine Lambert[1]
* Lois Wilson Langhorst[8][1]
* Roslyn Lindheim[1]
* Julia Morgan[9][10]
* Gertrude Comfort Morrow[1]
* Hilde Reiss[1]
* Sally Bould Stan[11]
* Rebecca Wood Esherick Watkin[1]
* Beverly Willis[12][13]

## Southern California

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Southern California can include the counties of Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

* Katherine Bashford[14]
* Barbara Bestor[9]
* Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter[15]
* Cory Buckner[9][10]
* Jeanine Centuori[10]
* Olive K. Chadeayne[16]
* Annie Chu[10]
* Mary Colter[17]
* Isabelle Duvuvier[18]
* Ray Eames[10]
* Dora Epstein-Jones
* Greta Grossman[19]
* Helen Liu Fong[20]
* Mia Lehrer[9][10]
* Mehrnoosh Mojallali[10]
* Edith Northman[21]
* Iris Anna Regn[10]
* Lilian Rice[22]
* Lutah Maria Riggs[23]
* Ruth Shellhorn[24]
* Paulette Singley[10]
* Norma Merrick Sklarek[25]
* Hazel Wood[4]
* Florence Yoch[26]
* Liane Zimbler[27]
* Anne Zimmerman[28]
* Jennifer Siegal[29]
* Julie Eizenberg[30]

## References

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2. ^ Olsberg, Nicholas (2015). Architects and artists: the work of Ernest and Esther Born. San Francisco CA: Book Club of California. ISBN 978-0981959771. OCLC 926071198.
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24. ^ Noland, Claire (November 12, 2006). "Ruth Shellhorn, 97; landscape architect for Bullock's, Disneyland". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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26. ^ Yoch, James J. (1989). Landscaping the American dream : the gardens and film sets of Florence Yoch, 1890–1972. New York: H.N. Abrams. ISBN 0810912732.
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