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| − | '''Daniel Hudson Burnham''' (1846-1912) was an American [[architect]] and planner. With his partner John Root he designed some of the earliest [[skyscraper]] buildings in the world (and he was designer of the Flatiron Building in [[New York City]]); and he designed the layout of the 1893 [[Chicago]] World Fair in a neoclassical '[[Beaux-Arts]]' style, influenced by L'Enfant's plan of [[Washington]] and [[Baron Haussmann]]'s rebuilding of [[Paris]], incorporating squares and radiating avenues with large vistas; this had a worldwide impact on city planning. Burnham was to put these ideas to further use in his Plan of Chicago of 1906-09, designed to turn Chicago into "a Paris on the Prarie". | + | [[Image:Daniel Burnham.jpg|thumb|Daniel Burnham]]'''Daniel Hudson Burnham''' (1846-1912) was an American [[architect]] and planner. With his partner John Root he designed some of the earliest [[skyscraper]] buildings in the world (and he was designer of the Flatiron Building in [[New York City]] and the Chicago Masonic Temple Building; constructed 1891-1892); and he designed the layout of the 1893 [[Chicago]] World Fair in a neoclassical '[[Beaux-Arts]]' style, influenced by L'Enfant's plan of [[Washington]] and [[Baron Haussmann]]'s rebuilding of [[Paris]], incorporating squares and radiating avenues with large vistas; this had a worldwide impact on city planning. Burnham was to put these ideas to further use in his Plan of Chicago of 1906-09, designed to turn Chicago into "a Paris on the Prarie". |
| + | [[Image:Chicago Masonic Temple Building.jpg|thumb|left|The Chicago Masonic Temple Building, was the tallest skyscraper in the world 1895-1899.]] | ||
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
| − | On Burnham's work in Chicago: http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Burnham.html | + | *On Burnham's work in Chicago: http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Burnham.html |
| − | On the 1893 World Fair: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html | + | *On the 1893 World Fair: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html |
| − | On the Plan of Chicago: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10537.html | + | *On the Plan of Chicago: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10537.html |
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[[Category:Architects]] | [[Category:Architects]] | ||
[[Category:Urban Planning]] | [[Category:Urban Planning]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:16, May 16, 2009
Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912) was an American architect and planner. With his partner John Root he designed some of the earliest skyscraper buildings in the world (and he was designer of the Flatiron Building in New York City and the Chicago Masonic Temple Building; constructed 1891-1892); and he designed the layout of the 1893 Chicago World Fair in a neoclassical 'Beaux-Arts' style, influenced by L'Enfant's plan of Washington and Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris, incorporating squares and radiating avenues with large vistas; this had a worldwide impact on city planning. Burnham was to put these ideas to further use in his Plan of Chicago of 1906-09, designed to turn Chicago into "a Paris on the Prarie".
Further Information
- On Burnham's work in Chicago: http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Burnham.html
- On the 1893 World Fair: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html
- On the Plan of Chicago: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10537.html