The story set a high bar for success: “Daniel H. Burnham, the veteran architect … will have general supervision of the work. He has donated his services and intends to make the Chicago plan in ...

Lantern slide of the street and boulevard system, "present and proposed," from the Plan of Chicago Credit: Reproduction © The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and ...

CHICAGO – Ever since my office moved into a building designed by important Chicago architect and planner Daniel Burnham ... across the street. Burnham took the work very seriously, writing ...

Daniel Burnham looms as one of the great figures in Chicago history. In 1890, he was appointed supervising architect for the ... and to empower residents to work together in improving the ...

The result of the conference was the appointment of the Chicago man to the staff of Government architects and engineers connected with the work of the War Department. Mr. Burnham's plans and his ...

Gallucci said the plan grew out of work by representatives of Northeast ... "The recognition by APA in giving us the Burnham award will only make it more exciting for people to want to be part ...

Andy Lynn Share Playwright and documentary filmmaker June Finfer has written and produced numerous films and plays about architecture. So it’s no surprise she had an interest in Daniel Burnham ...

Designed by architect Daniel Burnham, its striking 22-story-high, wedge-shaped structure soon became an iconic architectural site, even appearing in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, symbolizing ...

In late 1890, Daniel Burnham, the eminent architect charged with turning a boggy square mile of Chicago into a world-dazzling showpiece, assembled an all-star team of designers and gave them one ...

In appreciation of his public spirit and generous acknowledgment of the merits of his fellow-architects, Daniel H. Burnham, the Director of Works of the Chicago Fair, was invited to take dinner ...

Every so often, an architect comes along whose vision and ... without their influence—would Chicago be the same without Daniel Burnham or Barcelona without Antoni Gaudí? The two-story home ...