ABSTRACT
Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace (figure 1.1) was a bold building for its time, embodying the technological spirit of the Industrial Age and heralding a future of steel and glass buildings. Gustave Eiffel’s Tower in Paris manifested the soaring heights that new buildings could reach. It then took another 100 years for the glass and steel buildings to become ubiquitous worldwide, with gleaming skyscrapers part of every metropolis’ skyline.
