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The crystal palace

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Joseph Paxton.
1851

Built for the world fair in London
Relied on pre fabricated glazing and iron structure components.
First use of a standard bolt thread size, consistent throughout the entire building.

Background.

Joseph Paxton was known prior to building the Crystal Palace for building greenhouses, famously the great stove 1836. Before this he was a landscaper at Chatsworth estates in England

1840s London glass tax taken away before the construction of the Crystal palace in 1845.

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Galarie des machines

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Victor Contamin and Charles Dutert

1889 Paris France

Largest building at the time

Largest open space un interrupted by supporting elements.

Pre fabricated Two piece arch system

Paris Exposition Universelle

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Laing stores

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1849 Manhattan

James bogardus

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First leiter building

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1879 Chicago

William Lebaron jenney

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The Reliance building

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1895 Chicago

Charles b Atwood (Burnham & co.)

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Guaranty building

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1894-5 buffalo new York

Louis Sullivan & Dankmar Adler

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Tassel House

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1893 Brussels Belgium

Victor Horta

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Monadnock building

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1889-1891 south loop, Chicago Illinois

William Burnham & John Root

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Woolworth building

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1913 Lower Manhattan

Cass Gilbert

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Troescher building

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1884 Chicago

Louis sullivan & Dankmar Adler

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Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts

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1876 Philadelphia

Frank Furness

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12
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Owen Jones

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The grammar of ornament

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13
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Auditorium building

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1886-90 Chicago

Louis sullivan & Dankmar Adler

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Wainwright building

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1890 st. Louis

Louis sullivan & Dankmar Adler

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Carson pirie scott building

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1899-1904 Chicago

Louis sullivan

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PSFS building

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1926-32 Philadelphia

George Howe and William Lescaze

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The white house

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1877-78 Tite street London

Edwin Godwin and James McNeill Whistler

18
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Hotel solvay

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1893 Brussels

Victor Horta

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Maison du peuple

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1896-9 Brussels

Victor Horta

20
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Metro entrances

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1900-1904 Pairs

Hector guimard

21
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Casa Mila

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1906-1910 Barcelona

Antoni gaudi

22
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Apartments 25 rue Franklin

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1902 Paris

Auguste perret

23
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Garage 51 rue de ponthieu

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Auguste Perret

1905

25
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Eglise notre dame du raincy

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Auguste Perret

1922

26
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Red House

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Philip webb and William Morris

1859 England

27
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Winslow house

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Frank Lloyd Wright

1893 river forest Illinois

28
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Robie house

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Frank Lloyd Wright

1909 Chicago

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