American architect and urban designer (1846– 1912)
For his son, also an architect and urban planner, see Daniel Burnham Jr. For the American farmer, educator, newspaper editor and politician, see Daniel F. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
FAIA
Burnham in 1899
Born
Daniel Hudson Burnham
(1846-09-04)September 4, 1846
Henderson, New York, US
Died
June 1, 1912(1912-06-01) (aged 65)
Heidelberg, German Empire
Occupation
Architect
Practice
Burnham and Root D. H. Burnham & Company
Buildings
Reliance Building, Flatiron Building, Union Station (Washington, D.C.), Ellicott Square Building
Projects
Plan of Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
Daniel Hudson BurnhamFAIA (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]
A successful Chicago architect, he was selected as Director of Works for the 1892–93 World's Columbian Exposition, colloquially referred to as "The White City". He had prominent roles in the creation of master plans for the development of a number of cities, including the Plan of Chicago, and plans for Manila, Baguio and downtown Washington, D.C. He also designed several famous buildings, including a number of notable skyscrapers in Chicago, the Flatiron Building of triangular shape in New York City,[2] Union Station in Washington D.C., London's Selfridges department store, and San Francisco's Merchants Exchange.
Although best known for his skyscrapers, city planning, and for the White City, almost one third of Burnham's total output – 14.7 million square feet (1.37 million square meters) – consisted of buildings for shopping.[3]
^Goldberger, Paul (March 2, 2009). "Toddlin' Town". The New Yorker (published March 9, 2009). Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^Laurin, Dale (2008). "Grace and Seriousness in the Flatiron Building and Ourselves" (PDF). Aesthetic Realism Looks at NYC. Aesthetic Realism Foundation. pp. 1–4. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.
^Graham, Wade (2016) Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World New York: Harper Perennial. p.207 ISBN 978-0-06-219632-3
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