Joseph Paxton's vast iron and glass hall for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London, designed in days on the model of his greenhouse work and erected in months from prefabricated parts. It proved that iron and glass could make monumental architecture, opened the age of prefabrication, and was destroyed by fire at its Sydenham site in 1936.
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Prefabricated in 1851 from standardized cast-iron and glass modules, the first large building of its kind.
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Joseph Paxton's vast iron and glass hall for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London, designed in days on the model of his greenhouse work and erected in months from prefabricated parts. It proved that iron and glass could make monumental architecture, opened the age of prefabrication, and was destroyed by fire at its Sydenham site in 1936.
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The Crystal Palace, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, was a remarkable construction of prefabricated parts. It consisted of an intricate network of slender iron rods sustaining walls of clear glass. The main body of the building was 1,848 feet (563 metres) long and 408 feet (124 metres) wide; the height of the central transept was 108 feet (33 metres).
Wikipedia: Joseph Paxton
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He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851
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