Charles B. Atwood
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Charles B. Atwood was an American architect known for his influential work on Chicago’s late-19th-century architecture, including major contributions to the World’s Columbian Exposition and landmark buildings such as the Reliance Building.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles B. Atwood canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| architectOf |
Palace of Fine Arts (World’s Columbian Exposition)
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Peristyle at the foot of Congress Street, Chicago lakefront NERFINISHED ⓘ Reliance Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Daniel H. Burnham
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John Wellborn Root’s former office staff at D. H. Burnham & Company ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | D. H. Burnham & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Atwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
commercial architecture
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exposition architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| influenced | development of steel-frame commercial architecture in Chicago ⓘ |
| movement | Chicago School of architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Charles B. Atwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | served as chief designer for many of Daniel Burnham’s projects after John Wellborn Root’s death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design work for the World’s Columbian Exposition
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early skyscraper design ⓘ influential role in Chicago’s late-19th-century architecture ⓘ integration of classical ornament with modern steel-frame structures ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Art Institute of Chicago south front design contributions
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Chicago’s Marshall Field and Company Store additions NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago’s Railway Exchange Building design work ⓘ Chicago’s Reliance Building façade design ⓘ Chicago’s Schlesinger & Mayer Store (early work on site later Carson Pirie Scott) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fine Arts Building (World’s Columbian Exposition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Science and Industry building (former Palace of Fine Arts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Peristyle (World’s Columbian Exposition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Reliance Building NERFINISHED ⓘ World’s Columbian Exposition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| partOf | design team of the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
Beaux-Arts architecture
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Classical Revival architecture ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Boston
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Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
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