Crystal Palace: London 1851, Sir Joseph Paxton

by Charles Fox, John McKean, Joseph Paxton

This volume covers one of the most influential buildings of the 19th century. Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace was the first public building to omit references to the past. Amid the historicist debates and battle of the styles of mid-19th-century Britain, Paxton's design was rational and straightforward.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714829250
• ISBN13: 9780714829258
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 11.8" x 11.7"
• Age Range: 13 years and up