Work
The Crystal Palace
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Exchange Ephemerality Production
Details
- Type
- Building
- Location
- Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ObservationReason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Joseph Paxton authored
Sources
- John McKean. Crystal Palace: Joseph Paxton and Charles Fox. Phaidon Press, 1994.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Crystal Palace." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/the-crystal-palace/. Accessed July 17, 2026.