William Le Baron Jenney

(noun)

(1832 - 1907) An American architect and engineer who is known for building the first skyscraper in 1884 and became known as the Father of the American skyscraper.

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  • Chicago School of Architecture

    • Architects whose names are associated with the Chicago School include Henry Hobson Richardson, Dankmar Adler, Daniel Burnham, William Holabird, William LeBaron Jenney, Martin Roche, John Root, Solon S.
    • Exterior of the Home Insurance Building by architect William Le Baron Jenney in Chicago, Illinois.

  • Changes in Technology

    • This kind of austere industrial architecture utterly transformed the landscape of northern Britain, leading the poet William Blake to describe places like Manchester and parts of West Yorkshire as "Dark satanic mills. " The Crystal Palace, designed by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 , was an early example of iron and glass construction.
    • A further development was that of the steel-framed skyscraper in Chicago, introduced around 1890 by William Le Baron Jenney and Louis Sullivan.