Great Exhibition Joseph Paxton

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# Hyde Park: Where Vision Became Glass and Iron Standing in Hyde Park in 1850-1851, Joseph Paxton transformed a revolutionary horticultural dream into the world's first prefabricated structure, as his Crystal Palace rose from this very ground to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Drawing inspirati...

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Building designed by Joseph Paxton First large scale prefabricated glass and iron building Organised by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 First world exposition of innovation, technology and design Supported by HRH Prince Albert