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Edward Herbert Bennett (1874–1954) was an architect and city planner best known for his co-authorship of the 1909 Plan of Chicago.
The Burnham Plan is a popular name for the 1909 Plan of Chicago coauthored by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett and published in 1909. It recommended an integrated series of projects including new and widened streets, parks, new railroad and harbor facilities, and civic buildings.
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Thielbar and Fugard (Firm) Bandshell for Maytag Park, Newton, Iowa, Perspective Rendering, 1935. Thielbar and Fugard (Firm) Art Institute of Chicago Competition, First Floor Plan, 1934. Studio of Paul Philippe Cret.
Edward H. Bennett (1874 - 1954) was an architect and city planner who held great importance in America in the early 20th century. This exhibit of Lake Forest College's Edward H. Bennett Collection educates viewers on Bennett's influence and reveals new perspectives on his personal and professional life.
Bennett maintained a national architectural and planning practice from his Chicago office for nearly four decades. The collection contains correspondence, project files, published and unpublished speeches and articles, photographs, architectural drawings, and reports.
In City Beautiful movement. …fellow architect and urban planner Edward H. Bennett’s design for Chicago, published as the Plan of Chicago and also known as the Burnham Plan. The plan involved a 60-mile (95-kilometre) radius in which avenues would extend out from a civic centre.
