Crystal Palace At Sydenham, 1854
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Crystal Palace At Sydenham, 1854
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The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, interior view. The first example of prefabricated architecture, Sir Joseph Paxton's glass and iron structure was originally built in 1851 to house "The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations", a mammoth exposition of technological marvels and historical exhibits from around the world. The building's modular structure, bolted ironwork fitted with 900,000 feet of precut glass, was shockingly modern, its appearance directly revealing the materials and process of its construction. The Crystal Palace proved so popular with spectators that it was disassembled and rebuilt in Sydenham, south of London, where it was used as a museum and concert hall until its destruction by fire in 1936.
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