How Did Daniel Burnham Build The World Fair Of 1893

The World Fair of 1893 is often seen as a landmark of advancement. Held in Chicago, it attracted exhibits and innovations from around the whole world. As its father, Daniel Burnham, knew, it was not a spontaneous creation. Years of planning and building led to its opening. Resulting from the hard work and the fair’s positive reception, Burnham was launched into the international spotlight and became an important figure head. The late architect, Daniel Burnham, worked to create the iconic world fair, revive the love for classical architecture, and inspire architects to solve feats of building. Although he was already well established by the time he was contracted to design the World Fair, it hadn’t launched him to the position he would have hence forth. The project was an insane feat, especially with the increasingly limited time in which it was to be completed (the fair committees did not know where to host the Fair). Eventually, he would complete the exhibition despite his business partner John Root dying and two of his chief architects being chronically ill (127-140). More than just opening on time, the Fair became a huge attraction. There was constant buzz about visiting the World Fair. Everyone wanted to

In the late 1800’s sky scrapers were in infancy. Commonly, large buildings would have foundations of huge quarried stone blocks. Logistically, it was always inefficient to use this method because of transportation and instillation. As an alternative method, Burnham and his partner had contractors dig “down to the first reasonably firm layer of clay, known as hard-pan, [and spread] a pad of concrete nearly two feet thick” (25). Not long after this, and an associate of the two, William Jenney, “designed the first building to have a load-bearing metal frame”; Burnham’s inspirational innovation had already begun its work on the architects of the world