The Crystal Palace
1851
Joseph Paxton's glass-and-iron pavilion for the Great Exhibition. Built in nine months out of prefab parts. The first building in history to use modular industrial-scale glass and iron. Moved to Sydenham; burned down 1936.
1851
Joseph Paxton's glass-and-iron pavilion for the Great Exhibition. Built in nine months out of prefab parts. The first building in history to use modular industrial-scale glass and iron. Moved to Sydenham; burned down 1936.