The Mystery of the Architect
An Architectural WebQuest
Created for TS 654

The Mystery 
You, Sherlock Holmes, are investigating a conundrum.  The list of architects below are all involved in some manner.  You must find the link!  Along the way, you will investigate one of the people listed and compile a dossier of that person.

The Client 
You have been hired to find the common link among these architects.  Working with your peers, share information that you gather in your dossier to solve this problem.  I am expecting a PowerPoint presentation of your dossier at the end of your detective work.  As a class you will then discuss each presentation and conclude what the common link is. 

The Dossier 
Using the resources found by Dr. Watson, compile a dossier on your architect (use Word documents, Windows Explorer Folder, etc.). 

Be sure to answer the following questions:

Any dossier would be incomplete without photos.  Try to locate photos of your architect and his famous work(s).  Make sure you save them.

Make a PowerPoint presentation of your dossier to be presented to the class when we search for the common link.

Dr. Watson's Resources 
Use the resources listed below to assist you in locating your answers.  Dr. Watson has been very helpful in giving you good leads.
 
 

The Suspects
The Resources
Daniel Hudson Burnham
  http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Daniel_Burnham.html

 http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Burnham.html 

 http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/B/BurnhamD.html
Frederick Law Olmstead
 http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/ 

http://www.newbedford.com/olmsted.html

http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/bookfair/00054050.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/filmmore/ps_olmsted.html

http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9428434
Charles Mcim
 http://nycarchitecture.columbia.edu/global/0241_key_figures.html 

 http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/McKim_Mead_and_White.html

 http://www.whitehousehistory.org/02/subs/02_b02.html 

http://www.morningside-heights.net/mckim.htm

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/M/McK1im-C1h.asp

http://www.bartleby.com/65/mc/McKim-Ch.html

http://www.archinform.net/arch/6259.htm?ID=WKu4PNZNqMtvmr8Q

http://www.archinform.net/arch/6259.htm?ID=a7b05b3053d1520bb64245af8c2151b7

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0830978.html

 

Louis Sullivan
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/sullivan.html

http://web.mit.edu/museum/chicago/chicago.html 

 http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Louis_H._Sullivan.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_sullivan.html

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/sullivan.html

http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Sullivan.html
John Wellborn Root
http://www.archinform.net/arch/2693.htm?ID=8kpfHPlOYmD0wegJ

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Burnham_and_Root.html 

http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/bookfair/00054063.html

http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/R/Root-Joh.html
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Gustave_Eiffel.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0816878.html

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/E/EI/EIFFEL_TOWER.htm

 
George B. Post
Post - New York World Building
 http://www.nyhistory.org/previous/post/gpost.html

http://www.archinform.net/arch/3163.htm?ID=4EcAnzPHO3fSXNZS

http://www.archinform.net/arch/3163.htm?ID=lv75A6A3jFx84SgA

http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0689/T068945.asp

http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/revival/reviva06.htm

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/tallnyw.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0839870.html

http://www.loggia.com/vignette/1215b.html

http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/P/Post-Geo.html

http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/capfacts/history.html
 
Richard M. Hunt
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/rmhunt.html

http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/bookfair/00144043.html

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ncarolina/biltmore/biltmoreintro.html
George Ferris
http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/bookfair/00134062.html

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/northside/nor_n105.html

http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9293959&search=George+Ferris
Sophie Hayden
http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/bookfair/00074065.html

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1247.htm

http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/view_all.php3?person_pk=195&table=bio&
Charles Atwood
http://www.archinform.net/arch/3164.htm?ID=xuSMAMeP1f1bxaCW

http://members.aol.com/dahlia773/colexpo.htm

http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/M/MuseumScienceIndustry.html
Frank Lloyd Wright
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/FLW.html

http://www.pbs.org/flw/legacy/index.html

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Frank_Lloyd_Wright.html

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(IL0039))

http://www.delmars.com/wright/flwright.htm

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw_il.html

http://www.ocaiw.com/catalog/index.php?catalog=arch&author=61

Will You Earn Your Fee?
 
Most Definitely plus a Bonus, Superb job!
5
You have certainly earned your fee, good job!
4
Your Investigation needs further consideration!
3
 Score
Dossier
 Covers all of the architect's life. 
Answers all of the client's questions.
Includes more than three of the architect's works.
Includes more than three pictures of the architect's work.
Includes the information needed to find the common link with the other architects.
 Covers architect's adult life.
Answers five of the client's questions.
Includes three of the architect's works.
Includes three pictures of the architect's work.
Includes the information needed to find the common link with the other architects.
 Covers a portion of architect's adult life.
Answers less than five of the client's questions.
Includes less than three of the architect's works.
Includes less than three pictures of the architect's work.
Does not include the information needed to find the common link with the other architects.
              
PowerPoint Presentation
 Complete representation of the architect's dossier and includes all of the pictures collected.
Presentation clear and without any technical, spelling and grammatical errors.
 Ninety percent representation of the architect's dossier and most of the pictures collected.
Presentation clear enough to understand and with less than a total of five technical, spelling and grammatical errors. 		Dossier not well represented with no pictures presented.
Presentation is not able to be understood and with more than a total of five technical, spelling and grammatical errors.

The Mystery: I hope you and your classmates were able to solve the mystery.  Please take a copy for yourself of each of the PowerPoint presentations and let them be an inspiration to you as you enter the field of design.

Teacher Notes: This is a WebQuest for secondary school CAD (Computer Aided Design) students.  I fulfills the NYS Standards ___________________.  It gives the students a look at some of the people who did and were famous for architectural design.  The architect in this quest are all related to a major project.  As the student researches the sites given, this project becomes evident.