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Daniel H. Burnham. The Rookery Building, Chicago, designed by Burnham & Root, completed 1886. lobby of the Rookery
Explore the architecture and design of the Monadnock Building in Chicago built in two different phases
Learn about the different structural systems used in constructing the Monadnock Building: one half was layered in bricks, the other used a rigid metal frame
Know about the architecture of the Rookery Building with modern atriums, designed by John Wellborn Root in partnership with Daniel Burnham
See the variety of influences in styles, motifs, and structural features in Chicago's Rookery building completed by Burnham and Root in 1888, redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907
Flatiron Building Reliance Building Union Station facade (Washington, D.C.)
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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
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Explore the architecture and design of the Monadnock Building in Chicago built in two different phases
A discussion of the architectural and design elements of the Monadnock Building,...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn about the different structural systems used in constructing the Monadnock Building: one half was layered in bricks, the other used a rigid metal frame
A discussion of the different structural systems used in the construction of the...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Know about the architecture of the Rookery Building with modern atriums, designed by John Wellborn Root in partnership with Daniel Burnham
Learn about the Rookery building (completed 1886) in Chicago, designed by John Wellborn...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
See the variety of influences in styles, motifs, and structural features in Chicago's Rookery building completed by Burnham and Root in 1888, redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907
Explore the variety of styles, motifs, and structural features that architects John...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Explore the Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, where famous United States architects, including Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe are buried
Learn about Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, where numerous important architects are...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Daniel H. Burnham.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 3a37085)
The Rookery Building, Chicago, designed by Burnham & Root, completed 1886.
Chicago Architectural Photographing Co.
lobby of the Rookery
The lobby of the Rookery (1886), a Chicago building designed by Daniel H. Burnham...
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Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building, initially known as the Fuller Building, designed by Daniel...
Detroit Publishing Co., Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-det-4a10928)
Reliance Building
Reliance Building, Chicago, by D.H. Burnham and Co., 1890–95; photograph c. 1905.
Chicago Architectural Photo Company
Union Station facade (Washington, D.C.)
The grand facade of Union Station, Washington, D.C., by Daniel H. Burnham.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-det-4a20012)
Union Station interior (Washington, D.C.)
The general waiting room, looking west, at Union Station, Washington D.C., by architect...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-92471)
Staircase in the Rookery (1886), a Chicago building designed by Daniel H. Burnham...
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