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Walter Burley Griffin

1876 - 1937

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Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 – February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He designed Canberra, Australia's capital city, the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton, and (with his wife) the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag. Influenced by the Chicago-based Prairie School, Griffin developed a unique modern style in partnership with his wife Marion Mahony Griffin. In 28 years they designed over 350 buildings, landscape and urban-design projects as well as designing construction materials, interiors, furniture and other household items. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Burley Griffin is the 383rd most popular architect (up from 393rd in 2019), the 6,448th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,034th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 383 out of 518. Before him are Lars Sonck, Kunio Maekawa, Rudolf Wolters, Herman Sörgel, Martin Gropius, and Juan de Villanueva. After him are Arturo Soria y Mata, Georges Candilis, Mihály Pollack, Mario Bellini, Kadir Topbaş, and Lorenzo Gafà.

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Among people born in 1876, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 148. Before him are Violet Gibson, Flora Sandes, William Wain Prior, John Mulcahy, Hippolyte Aucouturier, and Olav Duun. After him are Ellsworth Huntington, Safiya Zaghloul, Gwen John, Stan Rowley, Harriet Brooks, and Alaiza Pashkevich. Among people deceased in 1937, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 132. Before him are Titsian Tabidze, Jean de Brunhoff, Alexander Chayanov, Victor Laloux, Robert Borden, and Alfred Abel. After him are Wilhelm Weinberg, Anastasios Metaxas, Clarence Clark, Juan Campisteguy, Bolesław Leśmian, and Paul Bekker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 6,449 out of 20,380. Before him are John Romita Jr. (1956), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), Arthur Laffer (1940), Joss Whedon (1964), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), and Eudora Welty (1909). After him are Greg K. (1965), Louis Jordan (1908), Eric Shinseki (1942), Stephen Breyer (1938), George Horine (1890), and Clarke Scholes (1930).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Walter Burley Griffin ranks 23. Before him are Steven Holl (1947), Thom Mayne (1944), Michael Graves (1934), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Charles Jencks (1939), and Daniel Burnham (1846). After him are John Hejduk (1929), Julia Morgan (1872), Cass Gilbert (1859), Robert Moses (1888), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), and Henry Hobson Richardson (1838).

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