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William Le Baron Jenney: Quick Facts

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Born September 25, 1832 • Fairhaven • Massachusetts
Died June 15, 1907 (aged 74) • Los Angeles • California
Movement / Style Chicago School
Subjects Of Study architecture

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Home Insurance Company Building, Chicago, designed by Jenney, 1884–85
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Jenney, William Le Baron: Manhattan Building
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lobby of the Rookery
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Louis Sullivan
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Bertrand Goldberg
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Philip Johnson: AT&T Building
Philip Johnson
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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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Walter Netsch
Walter Netsch
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I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
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Tigerman, Stanley
Stanley Tigerman
American architect
Fazlur Khan in the late 1970s
Fazlur Khan
American engineer
Hunt, Richard Morris
Richard Morris Hunt
American architect

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