Daniel H. Burnham: Visionary Architect and Planner
Language: English
Published by Federico Motta Editore, 2010
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4to. Cloth, dj. Jacket spine, corners of panels, lightly sunned. Corners of boards bumped and creased, with attendant creasing to jacket. Faint rubbing and scuffing. Else fine. A very nice copy overall; internals are bright and clean. Daniel H. Burnham discovers the foundations of twentieth-century American architecture in the life and work of a man who dominated his era like few others: as an architect, city planner, businessman, philanthropist, and civic leader. Despite his importance to twentieth-century architecture, there are no monographs in print that cover such a full range of this extraordinary figure's work. Burnham helped create the Chicago school of architecture and built over 200 buildings in the city. With the famous Reliance Building, he heralded the glass skyscrapers of the twentieth century. His firm was one of the largest architectural firms in the world. D. H. Burnham and Company created such monumental buildings in Chicago as the famous Monadnock, Rand-McNally, and Rookery buildings, the Marshall Field Store, and the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as the Flatiron building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C., all of which are fully illustrated here and newly analyzed. Aside from his work as an architect, Burnham was one of the founders of the City Beautiful movement, which grew out of an urgent turn-of-the-century need for chaotically growing American cities to develop on a more rational, planned scale. The City Beautiful movement ideas included beautifully designed Beaux-Arts buildings, increased park areas, better living conditions, and improved transportation. Included here is material on the World's Colombian Exposition of 1893, often considered the start of the movement; the 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C., developed in conjunction with Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles McKim of McKim Mead & White; and the Chicago Plan of 1909, which was so successful that after its publication he received requests to design twenty other American cities. This deluxe book fully explores all aspects of his work, the legacy of which lives on in the form of outstanding buildings, city plans, and cultural institutions, all still very much in use today.…
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- Title
- Daniel H. Burnham: Visionary Architect and Planner
- Author
- Schaffer, Kristen (ed. Scott J. Tilden)
- Publisher
- Federico Motta Editore
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0847825337
- ISBN 13
- 9780847825332
- Item weight
- 4 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- Architecture & Urban Design
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About the Author
Scott J. Tilden has served on the board of directors at the Chicago Architecture Foundation and directed the Campaign for the Chicago Historical Society.
Paul Rocheleau has devoted his career to making exquisite images of America's architectural heritage and landscapes. He has been the photographer for numerous books, including Frank Lloyd Wright, the Masterworks.
Kristen Schaffer is a professor of architectural history at North Carolina State University.
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