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Daniel Hudson Burnham FAIA (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, he may have been "the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ever produced." [1]
Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner whose impact on the American city was substantial. He was instrumental in the development of the skyscraper and was noted for his highly successful management of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.
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Oct 31, 2009 · About Daniel Burnham. Born in 1846 in upstate New York, Daniel Hudson Burnham moved with his family to Chicago at age 8. As a young man he excelled at athletic and artistic pursuits, though not at academics, and he tried and failed to gain admittance to Harvard and Yale.
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The Plan of Chicago. One hundred years ago, Daniel Burnham, Edward Bennett and the Commercial Club of Chicago established a bold new plan for the Chicago metropolitan region. Daniel Burnham is best known for his admonition to “make no little plans.”
Aug 31, 2014 · Urban architect Daniel Burnham. Photo: Hedrich Blessing Collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images. If you have visited New York City, Chicago, or Washington, D.C., you’ve likely...
Daniel Burnham - World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Architect: Burnham’s extraordinary leadership skills were made manifest when he became the director of works at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Burnham & Root were first named consulting architects, but Burnham resigned that position to become head of construction.
The Plan of Chicago of 1909, more familiarly known as the Burnham Plan—after its principal author, architect and city planner Daniel H. Burnham—is one of the most fascinating and significant documents in the history of urban planning.
