World’s Columbian Exposition design team
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The World’s Columbian Exposition design team was the group of architects, planners, and artists responsible for creating the overall layout and monumental Beaux-Arts buildings of the 1893 Chicago world’s fair, known as the “White City.”
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| instanceOf |
architectural design team
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artistic collaboration → planning committee → |
| activeForEvent |
World’s Columbian Exposition
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| alsoKnownAs |
World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Architects
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World’s Columbian Exposition architectural commission → |
| chiefLandscapeArchitect |
Frederick Law Olmsted
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| colorScheme |
white
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| commissionedBy |
World’s Columbian Exposition Company
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| country |
United States
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| designStyle |
Beaux-Arts
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neoclassical architecture → |
| endYear |
1893
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| eventYear |
1893
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| field |
architecture
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landscape architecture → mural painting → sculpture → urban planning → |
| headArchitect |
Daniel Burnham
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| influenced |
American Beaux-Arts architecture
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City Beautiful movement in the United States → |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
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| location |
Chicago
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| member |
Adler & Sullivan
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens → Charles B. Atwood NERFINISHED → Charles Follen McKim → Daniel Burnham → Edward Emerson Simmons NERFINISHED → Francis Davis Millet → Frank M. Howe NERFINISHED → Frederick Law Olmsted → Frederick MacMonnies → George B. Post → Henry Van Brunt → John Wellborn Root → Louis Sullivan NERFINISHED → Peabody & Stearns → Richard Morris Hunt NERFINISHED → Solon Spencer Beman NERFINISHED → Stanford White → William Rutherford Mead NERFINISHED → |
| name |
World’s Columbian Exposition design team
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| nicknameOrigin |
White City
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| notableWork |
Beaux-Arts court and lagoon ensemble at Jackson Park
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White City → |
| responsibleFor |
coordinated classical architectural style of the fairgrounds
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design of monumental Beaux-Arts exhibition buildings → integration of architecture, sculpture, and landscape at the fair → overall site plan of the World’s Columbian Exposition → |
| startYear |
1890
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| timePeriod |
late 19th century
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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World’s Columbian Exposition design team
("World’s Columbian Exposition architectural commission")
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World’s Columbian Exposition design team ("World’s Columbian Exposition Board of Architects") → |
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Administration Building (World's Columbian Exposition)
("World's Columbian Exposition Board of Architects")
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Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition → |
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World’s Columbian Exposition design team
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