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Born November 24, 1859 • Zanesville • Ohio
Died May 17, 1934 (aged 74) • England

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U.S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.
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Bruce Graham
American architect
Martin Roche
American architect
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Louis Sullivan
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Daniel H. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
American architect
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
American architect
Jeanne Gang
Jeanne Gang
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Finnish architect
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American architect and painter
lobby of the Rookery
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William Holabird
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Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.
Gordon Bunshaft
American architect
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Ralph Adams Cram
American architect and writer
Home Insurance Company Building, Chicago, designed by Jenney, 1884–85
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Walter Burley Griffin
American architect and city planner
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