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20 de jun. de 2024 · Los visitantes a la Exposición Mundial de Londres en el verano de 1851, se quedaban boquiabiertos cuando entraban en Hyde Park por primera vez, presentándose imponente frente a ellos el edificio de la Exposición Universal, conocido como «Crystal Palace» – Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations -.
Hace 5 días · The Crystal Palace, designed by Joseph Paxton, was a remarkable construction of prefabricated parts. It was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Hace 6 días · After many expedients had been proposed and rejected, Mr. (afterwards Sir Joseph) Paxton, the celebrated horticulturist at Chatsworth, came forward with a simple plan, which effectually solved all the difficulty.
29 de jun. de 2024 · Tal vez sea uno de los palacios de cristal decimonónicos más hermosos del mundo. Su arquitecto, Ricardo Velázquez, se inspiró en el ejemplo británico de Paxton. Se construyó en 1887 como parte de la Exposición de las Islas Filipinas y sigue, a grandes rasgos, su modelo inglés.
2 de jul. de 2024 · The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton at the Great Exhibition of 1851 was an early example of iron and plate glass construction, followed in 1864 by the first glass and metal curtain wall.
What is the architectural significance of Joseph Paxton's "Crystal Palace"? The scale of its cast iron construction. What did Frank Lloyd Wright use to unite indoor and outdoor spaces in buildings like "Fallingwater (Edgar Kaufmann Residence)"? Cantilevers.
23 de jun. de 2024 · As the setting for the Great Exhibition of 1851, Joseph Paxton’s magnificent structure displayed brooches and brocades, daguerreotypes and telescopes, folding pianos and Greek statues, an embroidered howdah on a stuffed elephant and two of the world’s finest diamonds, the Koh-i-Noor and the Daria-i-Noor.
