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Daniel Burnham Architect

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Sep 4, 1846
  • Died: Jun 1, 1912

Daniel Hudson Burnham, FAIA was an American architect and urban designer. He was the Director of Works for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Burnham took a leading role in the creation of master plans for the development of a number of cities, including Chicago, Manila and downtown Washington, D.C. He also designed several famous buildings, including the Flatiron Building of triangular shape in New York City, Union Station in Washington D.C., the Continental Trust Company Building tower skyscraper in Baltimore, and a number of notable skyscrapers in Chicago.

Make big plans aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. architecture & hope

Make no little plans they have no magic to stir men's blood. men

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