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21 giu 2020 · Realizzato nel 1851 a Londra, su progetto del botanico e costruttore di serre Joseph Paxton (1801-1865), il Crystal Palace è un edificio chiave della storia dell’architettura non solo per la scala monumentale e le innovazioni tecniche messe in gioco nella sua costruzione, ma perché contestualmente fu il luogo dove si celebrò la prima ...
5 lug 2013 · The Crystal Palace was a glass and cast iron structure built in London, England, for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The building was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, an architect and gardener,...
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 ...
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21 giu 2020 · The Crystal Palace, designed by Joseph Paxton and realized in London in 1851, hosted the first Universal Exhibition. Find out more on Domus.
Fu Joseph Paxton, allora famoso costruttore di serre, a fornire la variante del progetto che prometteva l'esecuzione più rapida. Infatti, la costruzione poteva avvalersi di materiale prefabbricato e prodotto in serie, in maniera tale da permettere che l'edificio venisse eretto in soli quattro mesi.
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Architect. The Conservative Wall at Chatsworth. Sir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world.
1 apr 2024 · Sir Joseph Paxton (born Aug. 3, 1801, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, Eng.—died June 8, 1865, Sydenham, near London) was an English landscape gardener and designer of hothouses, who was the architect of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.