Muir focused on designing modern private homes, especially for clients in Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and other affluent Southern California communities.Ethel McCall Head, "A View with a House," Los Angeles Times (November 13, 1949): G4."Delightfully Californian," Los Angeles Times(March 3, 1946): E3.Steven Barrie-Anthony, "Landscape of Constant Change," Los Angeles Times (July 7, 2005). Among her celebrity clients were Shirley Temple, Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck."Shirley Temple Home Listed at $1.75 Million," Los Angeles Times (April 23, 1983): L1.John F. Kasson, The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America (W. W. Norton 2014): 208. "House Planned for Motion Picture Couple," Los Angeles Times (February 22, 1948): 20. She earned her architecture license in 1934, and continued at the Byers office until 1942."Novel Ideas in New Home; Southern Charms Portrayed," Los Angeles Times (August 23, 1936): E4.Susan Cloke, "Hometown Hero: John Byers, Santa Monica Architect," Santa Monica Mirror (January 27, 2012). After World War II, she opened her own office, and was an independent architect until the end of her life. Her designs were featured in Sunset, Architectural Digest, and other publications as representative of the modern California home."Remodeling of Home Described in Lambie Magazine Article," Ellensburg Daily Record (October 2, 1958): 5. She also designed some public and commercial buildings, such as a supermarket and the City Hall in Ellensburg, Washington and a corporate office in Mexico City."Pick Architect for City Hall," Ellensburg Daily Record (January 19, 1954): 1."Local Architect Planning Building for Mexico City," Ellensburg Daily Record (January 28, 1955)."Owners Praise Architect of Supermarket," Ellensburg Daily Record (October 12, 1955). Her design for the Zona Hall residence in West Los Angeles won the Honor Award of the Southern California chapter, American Institute of Architects in 1952."Winner of Honor Award, Southern California A.I.A. Awards, for residence of Miss Zona Hall, West Los Angeles," Architectural Record 12(1952): 32-34.
