Daniel Burnham

(1846–1912) amerikansk arkitekt

Daniel Burnham (United States, 1846–1912) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Daniel Burnham belongs to the chapter ‘Industrialisation’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Daniel Burnham was born in Henderson and died in Heidelberg. Daniel Burnham became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters and United States Commission of Fine Arts. Daniel Burnham was awarded Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

The best-known works include ‘Washington Union Station’, ‘Flatiron Building’, ‘Reliance Building’, and ‘Ellicott Square Building’. The works belong mainly to the genre Beaux-Arts. The catalogue has 13 buildings by Daniel Burnham. The dated buildings span the years 1844–1930. The buildings are in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Manhattan, El Paso, and Detroit. According to Wikidata, buildings by Daniel Burnham belong to the styles ‘Historicism’, ‘Neoclassicism’, and ‘Rococo’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Herman J. Schwarzmann, Thorvald Bindesbøll, Albert Schickedanz, Vilmos Freund, and William Rutherford Mead.

• Flatiron Building
• National Museum of Natural History
• Union Station
• Chicago Union Station
• Grant Park
• Buckingham Fountain
• Reliance Building
• Carbide & Carbon Building
• Symphony Center
• Union Depot
• Chrysler House
• Montauk Building
• Rand McNally Building