Burnham and Root

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architectural firm partnership

Burnham and Root was a prominent late-19th-century Chicago architectural firm known for pioneering early skyscraper design and shaping the city’s post–Great Fire skyline.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural firm ⓘ partnership ⓘ
activeInCentury	19th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Chicago School architecture ⓘ surface form: Chicago School Commercial style ⓘ surface form: Commercial Style
associatedWithEvent	rebuilding of Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire ⓘ
basedIn	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
contributedTo	development of tall office building ⓘ evolution of urban commercial architecture ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedTypeOfBuilding	commercial buildings ⓘ office buildings ⓘ skyscrapers ⓘ
employed	architects in Chicago ⓘ
field	architecture ⓘ
foundedBy	Daniel Burnham ⓘ surface form: Daniel H. Burnham John Wellborn Root ⓘ
hasPartner	Daniel Burnham ⓘ surface form: Daniel H. Burnham John Wellborn Root ⓘ
industry	architecture ⓘ
influenced	later Chicago architectural firms ⓘ
influencedMovement	modern skyscraper design ⓘ
knownFor	fireproof construction techniques ⓘ innovative structural engineering solutions ⓘ large-scale commercial commissions in Chicago ⓘ
legacy	foundation for Daniel H. Burnham’s later practice ⓘ major influence on Chicago’s architectural identity ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
notableFor	Chicago School architecture ⓘ early skyscraper design ⓘ shaping Chicago skyline after the Great Chicago Fire ⓘ steel-frame commercial buildings ⓘ
notableWork	Masonic Temple (Chicago) ⓘ Monadnock Building ⓘ Montauk Block ⓘ Reliance Building ⓘ surface form: Reliance Building (early phases) The Rookery Building ⓘ surface form: Rookery Building
operatedDuring	Gilded Age ⓘ
partOf	Chicago School architecture ⓘ surface form: Chicago School of Architecture
preceded	D. H. Burnham & Company ⓘ
regionServed	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago Midwestern United States ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
usedTechnology	elevators in tall office buildings ⓘ steel-frame construction ⓘ

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Monadnock Building → architect → Burnham and Root ⓘ

Daniel Burnham → coFounderOf → Burnham and Root ⓘ

Daniel Burnham → employer → Burnham and Root ⓘ

Burnham → employer → Burnham and Root ⓘ

subject surface form: Daniel Burnham