... Daniel Burnham, William Holabird, and Louis Sullivan. Daniel Burnham, architect and urban planner, was born in Henderson, New York. At the age of 26 he formed a partnership with the architect John W. Root in Chicago. Burnham was administrator and Root was the designer. 4 Together they were "among those who lead the Chicago School- (Curtis 63), and built some of the first steel ... - frame structures, such as the Montauk Block, that were the beginnings of the modern skyscrapers. Their many projects in Chicago included the Masonic Temple, which was at the time, the tallest building in the ...

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