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How was London's Crystal Palace built?

The construction of the Crystal Palace in London (CrystalPalace) is meaningful, it is not the authentic architects to design and create, but the outstanding achievements of the horticulturalist Paxton (JosephPaxston, 1801 ~ 1865).1851 Britain to organize the first World's Fair ( TheGreatExhibitionof1851), the main exhibition hall is a large scale, required to be built within a year, the end of the exposition is also easy to dismantle. In the 245 designs collected from architects around the world, none of them could meet the requirements, and the traditional architectural form met a serious challenge. Paxton completely relying on their own in Chatsworth (Chatsworth) the construction of the flower house experience and reference to the form of the railroad shed station, the first light and transparent crystal palace prefabricated assembly is completed, with iron components and glass materials to support and enclosure. The building covers an area of 72,000 square meters. The building reaches 1,851 feet (563 m) in length, symbolizing its construction in 1851; it is 124.4 m wide. It did not follow the old style of cast-iron construction, its shape is a simple stepped rectangle with a vertical vault, all sides show only the iron frame and glass, without any superfluous decoration, fully expresses the mechanical instinct of industrial production. all completed in 9 months. The Crystal Palace can be taken apart and reassembled. It was first built in Hyde Park, London, and in 1852 it was moved to Sedlam and rebuilt, before being destroyed by fire in 1936. The Times commented at the time that the Crystal Palace, "with unrivaled mechanical ingenuity of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, has produced a new order of architecture, with the most singular and beautiful effects, and its appearance provides us with a building (Building)". The Crystal Palace in London is considered to be the world's first new building, opening up a new era of architectural form.