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D.H. Burnham & Company

06 August 2010
1902 – Flatiron Building, New York

1902 – Flatiron Building, New York

Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built. The neighborhood around the building is...

18 September 2009
1911 – People’s Gas Building, Chicago, Illinois

1911 – People’s Gas Building, Chicago, Illinois

Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company The design is indicative of its time. It employs the standard three-piece skyscraper formation, plus lots of classical embellishments like ornamental lions along the balustrade at the top....

18 September 2009
1904 – Santa Fe Building, Chicago, Illinois

1904 – Santa Fe Building, Chicago, Illinois

Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company Designed in the “Chicago school”, the Santa Fe Building is now the headquarters of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. In the 1980s the lightwell through the centre of the...

15 September 2009
1893 – Penn Station, Pittsburgh

1893 – Penn Station, Pittsburgh

Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company Pittsburgh’s central train station, built in 1893, was designed by Daniel Burnham, a Chicago architect who also designed New York’s iconic Flatiron building. The Rotunda is the highlight...