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.

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Label	Occurrences
Walter Burley Griffin canonical	30
Canberra designers Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin	1
Walter Burley Griffin (as part of Canberra plan)	1
Walter Burley Griffin’s Australian work	1
architect Walter Burley Griffin	1

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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 self-link ⓘ
givenName	Walter ⓘ
influencedBy	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ Prairie School ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra → designedBy → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

Marion Mahony Griffin → employedBy → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

Marion Mahony Griffin → spouse → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Walter Burley Griffin (as part of Canberra plan)

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this entity surface form: architect Walter Burley Griffin

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Griffith, New South Wales → urbanPlanner → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

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City Hill → designer → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

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Newman College, University of Melbourne → architect → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

Capitol Theatre, Melbourne → architect → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

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Castlecrag residential development, Sydney → architect → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Canberra designers Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin

Castlecrag residential estate → designedBy → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

Castlecrag residential estate → associatedWith → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Burley Griffin’s Australian work

Commonwealth Avenue → urbanPlanningDesigner → Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ

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