Walter Burley Griffin

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architect human landscape architect urban planner

Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect and landscape architect best known for designing the master plan of Australia’s capital city, Canberra.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect → human → landscape architect → urban planner →
coFounded	architectural practice with Marion Mahony Griffin →
collaboratedWith	Marion Mahony Griffin →
competitionWon	design competition for Australia’s federal capital city →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
designed	Canberra city plan → Capitol Theatre, Melbourne → Castlecrag residential estate → Newman College, University of Melbourne → master plan of Canberra → suburb of Castlecrag, Sydney → suburb of Eaglemont, Melbourne → suburb of Willoughby, Sydney →
educatedAt	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
emigratedTo	Australia →
familyName	Griffin →
fieldOfWork	architecture → landscape architecture → urban design →
fullName	Walter Burley Griffin →
givenName	Walter →
influencedBy	Frank Lloyd Wright → Prairie School architecture →
knownFor	designing the master plan of Canberra → pioneering organic architecture in Australia →
movement	Prairie School →
nationality	American →
notableWork	Capitol Theatre, Melbourne → Castlecrag residential development, Sydney → Newman College, University of Melbourne → master plan of Canberra →
occupation	architect → landscape architect → urban planner →
placeOfBirth	Maywood, Illinois →
roleInCanberra	winning designer of the international competition for the federal capital city plan →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Marion Mahony Griffin →
usedDesignPrinciple	geometric planning → integration of landscape and architecture →
workedIn	Australia → India → United States of America →
workedWith	Frank Lloyd Wright →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Canberra → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra →	designedBy
Canberra →	designCompetitionWonBy
Capital Hill →	designedWithinPlanBy
Lake Burley Griffin →	designer
Marion Mahony Griffin →	employedBy
Griffith →	foundedBy
Walter Burley Griffin →	fullName
Lake Burley Griffin →	namedAfter
Prairie School →	notableProponent
Marion Mahony Griffin →	spouse