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Also Known As Daniel Hudson Burnham
Born September 4, 1846 • New York
Died June 1, 1912 (aged 65) • Heidelberg • Germany
Movement / Style Chicago School
Role In World’s Columbian Exposition

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Daniel H. Burnham.
The Rookery Building, Chicago, designed by Burnham & Root, completed 1886.
lobby of the Rookery
Flatiron Building
Reliance Building
Union Station facade (Washington, D.C.)
Union Station interior (Washington, D.C.)
Staircase in the Rookery (1886), a Chicago building designed by Daniel H. Burnham and John Wellborn Root. Frank Lloyd Wright renovated the lobby in 1905.
Explore the architecture and design of the Monadnock Building in Chicago built in two different phases
Learn about the different structural systems used in constructing the Monadnock Building: one half was layered in bricks, the other used a rigid metal frame
Know about the architecture of the Rookery Building with modern atriums, designed by John Wellborn Root in partnership with Daniel Burnham
See the variety of influences in styles, motifs, and structural features in Chicago's Rookery building completed by Burnham and Root in 1888, redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907
Explore the Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, where famous United States architects, including Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe are buried
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Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan
American architect
Chicago Stock Exchange designed by Dankmar Adler, 1897, demolished 1972
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Bruce Graham
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Philip Johnson: AT&T Building
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Charles Follen McKim
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The Metro Center Station in Washington, D.C., part of an 86-station subway system designed by Harry M. Weese and opened in 1976.
Harry M. Weese
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Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.
Gordon Bunshaft
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Wallace Harrison, 1966
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
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