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Daniel Burnham

1846–1912 · American architect and urban planner · United States

Bio

Major planner and architect whose City Beautiful work shaped American urban development.

Key works

Plan of Chicago
Flatiron Building collaboration

THE RETHINK

Daniel Burnham helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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