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Born November 28, 1866 • Illinois
Died February 16, 1924 (aged 57) • New York City • New York
Notable Works Lincoln Memorial • Reflecting Pool

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Lincoln Memorial dedication
The Washington Monument and Reflecting Pool are shown with the monument and trees reflected in the still water, under a colorful sky in Washington, D.C.
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a large white marble building with tall columns and visitors on the steps, surrounded by green shrubs and lawn.
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Daniel H. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
American architect
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H.H. Richardson
American architect
Hunt, Richard Morris
Richard Morris Hunt
American architect
McKim, Charles Follen
Charles Follen McKim
American architect
Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.
Gordon Bunshaft
American architect
Walter Netsch
Walter Netsch
American architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Philip Johnson: AT&T Building
Philip Johnson
American architect
Latrobe, Benjamin
Benjamin Latrobe
American architect
Home Insurance Company Building, Chicago, designed by Jenney, 1884–85
William Le Baron Jenney
American engineer and architect
Wallace Harrison, 1966
Wallace K. Harrison
American architect
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Building
Paul Phillippe Cret
American architect
Philadelphia: Provident Life and Trust Company Bank
Frank Heyling Furness
American architect
Harrison, Peter: Redwood Library
Peter Harrison
British architect
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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Austrian architect
Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian engineer and architect
Bacchus
Jacopo Sansovino
Italian sculptor
Juan O'Gorman: Retablo de la independencia
Juan O’Gorman
Mexican architect and muralist
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki
Japanese architect
Mendelsohn, Erich: Einstein Tower
Erich Mendelsohn
German architect

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