Daniel Hudson Burnham Edward Herbert Bennett
Daniel Hudson Burnham and Edward Herbert Bennett were pivotal figures in American urban design whose collaborative drawings documenting the proposed transformation of Chicago date primarily between 1907 and 1909. Their collected works are essential records of the City Beautiful movement, focusing on large-scale civic organization and infrastructural planning.
Fifteen of their detailed architectural and urban planning drawings are represented in museum collections, primarily held by the Art Institute of Chicago. These works relate directly to the influential Plan of Chicago, a comprehensive strategy for the city's future growth. Examples of their functional design include the Civic Center, Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Site Plan, and analytical documents such as Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Diagram Showing City Growth and Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Railroad Circuits Diagram.
Their output, characterized by precise rendering and exhaustive scope, details everything from proposed infrastructure to public green spaces, including works like Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park. The specific planning drawings, such as Plate 119 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Plan of the Intersection of Michigan Avenue and Twelfth Street, are regarded as historically significant documents in American architectural history. As a result of their age, many of these influential designs are now in the public domain, offering access to high-quality prints and downloadable artwork for historical and architectural research.
