Crystal Palace
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Year
1851
Materials
steel and glass plate building
Tradition in design
the use of prefabricated iron structure that was assembled on site to create a temporary structure
Architect
Joseph Paxton
Tension wires
Kept the structure from falling over
Location
London
Historical Milieu
The objective of the building was to create a temporary structure to held the great exhibition of 1851 later it was transported to another site were it was destructed by a fire years later
The states and colonies
had their own exhibitions, featuring raw materials and handcrafted products
Plan
long rectangle
