Garet Garrett
American journalist (1878-1954)
Daniel Burnham
American architect and urban designer (1846- 1912)
Daniel Hudson Burnham 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.”
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”.
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Daniel Hudson Burnham 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.”
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, Washington 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- consisted of buildings for shopping.
2 Quotes by Daniel Burnham
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.
Daniel BurnhamAmerican architect and urban designer (1846- 1912)
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.
Daniel BurnhamAmerican architect and urban designer (1846- 1912)