Emily Allchurch - The Crystal Palace (by Joseph Paxton)
"My technique of digitally collaging numerous photographs to create a seamless new view, lends itself very well to recreating buildings that no longer exist. The Crystal Palace - an engineering marvel of its day by Joseph Paxton, built for the Great Exhibition in 1851 and relocated afterwards to South East London - was destroyed by fire in 1936. Taking what remains of the platform as the base, I carefully recreated the palace from architectural details of the period, such as the Palm House at Kew Gardens and Brunel's Paddington Station." (Emily Allchurch)
The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's 990,000 square feet (92,000 m2) of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 128 feet (39 m).[1] Because of the recent invention of the cast plate glass method in 1848, which allowed for large sheets of cheap but strong glass, it was at the time the largest amount of glass ever seen in a building and astonished visitors with its clear walls and ceilings that didn't require interior lights, thus a "Crystal Palace".
"For the last 10 years, the Engineering News-Record (ENR), a sister publication of the Architectural Record, has been hosting a very well attended “construction” photography contest. Each year they invite a fresh set of five judges consisting typically of art directors and senior editors from ENR or its sister publications, one construction safety expert, and one outside photographer."
Check out about the people judging the contest, and look at some amazing architectural photography:
The Crystal Palace
Emily Allchurch - The Crystal Palace (by Joseph Paxton)
"My technique of digitally collaging numerous photographs to create a seamless new view, lends itself very well to recreating buildings that no longer exist. The Crystal Palace - an engineering marvel of its day by Joseph Paxton, built for the Great Exhibition in 1851 and relocated afterwards to South East London - was destroyed by fire in 1936. Taking what remains of the platform as the base, I carefully recreated the palace from architectural details of the period, such as the Palm House at Kew Gardens and Brunel's Paddington Station." (Emily Allchurch)
The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's 990,000 square feet (92,000 m2) of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 128 feet (39 m).[1] Because of the recent invention of the cast plate glass method in 1848, which allowed for large sheets of cheap but strong glass, it was at the time the largest amount of glass ever seen in a building and astonished visitors with its clear walls and ceilings that didn't require interior lights, thus a "Crystal Palace".
I thought they moved that thing to Dallas?
The Crystal Palace...
"For the last 10 years, the Engineering News-Record (ENR), a sister publication of the Architectural Record, has been hosting a very well attended “construction” photography contest. Each year they invite a fresh set of five judges consisting typically of art directors and senior editors from ENR or its sister publications, one construction safety expert, and one outside photographer."
Check out about the people judging the contest, and look at some amazing architectural photography:
http://eduardoangel.com/2012/01/16/judging-a-photo-contest/
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