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 ...

Penge Place, now called Crystal Palace Park, was owned by Paxton's friend and railway entrepreneur Leo Schuster. August 1852 saw the rebuilding work begin and in June 1854 Crystal Palace was re ...

The finished Crystal Palace earned Paxton worldwide acclaim and a knighthood from Queen Victoria. Once the exhibition had ended, the entire structure was relocated to the affluent suburb of Sydenham.

the five-month-long event’s crown jewel undoubtedly came from architect Joseph Paxton. At over 1,827-feet-long, the Crystal Palace was the world’s largest building at the time, and featured a ...

Foster told Dezeen. "And I remember saying it would be the Great Exhibition, it would be the Crystal Palace of Paxton." Norman Foster described Crystal Palace as "truly high tech" Foster ...

To be the first to read new history features like this, sign up for free here. Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace. Image: Public domain Joseph Paxton already had form when it came to great glass ...

Designed by renowned English architect Sir Joseph Paxton, the Crystal Palace was built in Hyde Park at a cost of £80,000 (nearly £10 million in today's money). The Crystal Palace was a huge ...

It is down to a former manager. The club, founded in 1905, played its games in the grounds of Joseph Paxton’s magnificent glass Crystal Palace, which had been moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham ...

Image: public domain. As many know, the south London neighbourhood of Crystal Palace gets its name from Joseph Paxton's great glass greenhouse, which was moved here following 1851's Great ...