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Structure-ID: s0000368
Created on: 09/05/99
Modified on: 04/04/08


Crystal Palace

Completed in: 1851
Status: destroyed
Location: Originally located in Hyde Park, Westminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom and later moved to Sydenham, Lewisham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
The Crystal Palace from the northeast from Dickinson's <i>Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851</i>, published 1854.
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Structural Type:
Truss roof
Function / usage:
Fair or trade building
Part of: Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations

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Architect Joseph Paxton

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  Fox, Henderson & Co.

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façade  glass
building structure  cast iron
Dimensions
  main span 22 m

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External LinkarchINFORM: Crystal Palace English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkArthur Lloyd: The Crystal Palace English
External LinkBerlioz in London: Crystal Palace - 1851 Exhibition English
External LinkCrystal Palace Foundation English
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Crystal Palace English
External LinkiCivilEngineer: Crystal Palace English
External LinkSydenham.org: Crystal Palace Park English
External LinkThe Crystal Palace English
External LinkThe Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace English

Relevant Literature
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 42.
* Kretschmer, Winfried   Geschichte der Weltausstellungen (1st edition), Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt (Germany) , ISBN 3593362732, 1999; pp. 15-20, 30-31.
* Margolius, Ivan   Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471498254; pp. 26-27.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 142-143.
* Ricken, Herbert   Joseph Paxton (1801-1865) und der Kristallpalast in London (1851), in "Bautechnik", October 2001, n. 10 v. 78 .
* Sabbah, Catherine   Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281191478, 2001.
* Werner, Ernst   Der Kristallpalast zu London 1851, Werner Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3804139124, 1970.

 
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