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


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