Burnham of Chicago Architect and Planner

Name: Burnham of Chicago Architect and Planner
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ISBN: 9780226341712

ISBN-10: 0226341712

ISBN-13: 9780226341712

Edition: 1979 (Reprint)

Authors: Thomas S. Hines

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By the time he died in 1912, Daniel H. Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. A contemporary of Louis Sullivan and his student, Frank Lloyd Wright, Burnham has often been characterized as a betrayer of the Chicago school of architecture that Sullivan and Wright were instrumental in defining. Thomas Hines's book gives long-due emphasis to the artistry of Burnham and places his accomplishments in a new perspective. "Professor Hines has written what may prove to be an epoch-making book in the study of American civilization."—Reyner Banham, Times Literary Supplement "Indeed, the book as a whole is a model of the balanced…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 470
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.06" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Introduction



The Long Childhood 1846-1873



The Large Partnership Burnham and Root, 1873-1891



Building in the Sky Burnham, Root, and the Rise of the Skyscraper, 1881-1891



The Big Dream Planning the World's Columbian Exposition, 1889-1891



The Make-Believe City The Building of the Fair, 1891-1893



Legacies of the Fair 1893-1901



The New Capital The Washington Plan of 1902



The Paradox of Progressive Architecture The Cleveland Group Plan of 1903



The Promise of Urban Planning The San Francisco Plan of 1905



The Imperial Faccedil;ade The Philippine Plans of 1905



Promoter and Benefactor The Architect as Philanthropist



The Private Life of a Public Man



The Architecture of Capitalism D. H. Burnham and Company, 1891-1912



Beyond the White City The Chicago Plan of 1909



Uncle Dan Epilogue: No Little Plans






Chronological


List of the Buildings of Burnham and Root and D. H. Burnham and Company





A Note on, and Index of, Comparative Building Construction Costs, 1870-1970


Essays on Sources


Notes


Index