Project Description
From the AIA:
Hearst Castle ,in San Simeon, Calif., William Randolph Hearst’s seaside retreat, 165 rooms across 250,000 acres, all dripping with detailing that’s opulent bordering on delirious. The style is generally Spanish Colonial but the estate seems to compress Julia Morgan’s skill at operating in different design languages—Gothic and Neo-Classical as well as Spanish Colonial—in one commission.