Which architectural style did Daniel Burnham favor after the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition?

Following the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, Daniel Burnham embraced a traditional Neoclassical architectural vocabulary. This aesthetic, which he utilized at the fair's Court of Honor, was characterized by the balance, axiality, and symmetry associated with Beaux Arts concepts.12

Burnham’s commitment to this style was deeply tied to his leadership in the City Beautiful movement, through which he sought to establish visible and permanent connections between the United States and European Classical traditions. He believed that this formal, monumental approach to architecture and urban planning could foster civic pride and provide a transformative experience for city inhabitants. While he continued to oversee significant projects—including some that presaged Modernist skyscrapers—his broader urban planning work, such as the Plan of Chicago, remained rooted in these classical principles of order and grandeur.231