, as well as permanently disfigure the natural area. (1) Amongst the criticisms, the committee still had to plan a structure to hold the event. The idea was to incorporate a building that could be easily be built and taken down both constructively and economically. Most ideas involved a long, one-story building made of brick. The problem was that it looked far too solid difficult to remove later and it might be even harder to light- not to mention that it probably could not be built in time. Further debates and redrafting delayed the project even further. (1)Joseph Paxton, a prominent garden-architect, working in conjunction with engineers Fox and Henderson Paxton submitted their idea. Although their design was entered late it was almost instantly adopted. It was so cost-effective; the fairs planning committee had to accept his proposal. The overall design resembled a greenhouse, as he had grown up planning gardens. The scheme for the building called for glass and iron to be the primary building materials. This idea was revolutionary; it was the first building to be almost entirely out of iron and glass. Which also held up the idea for exhibition in the first place. What better way to show off for the world with a building no one has seen the likes of before?Iron manufactures produced three thousand three hundred iron columns, thirty miles of guttering tube, two thousand two hundred and twenty four girders.The glass workers put together nine hundred thousand square feet of glass, weighing more than four hundred tons. (4)The use of glass solved the concern of proper lighting needed; it was a bit of surprise to most people because it was considered unsafe. No one had ever seen this before. Paxton and his engineers had to create something that was new yet held o...
