September 17, 2020 Tautvydas Maslauskas
Curtain walls continue to please and perform in modern ‘Crystal Palaces’
Visitors to the legendary Crystal Palace, built in London for the Great Exhibition of 1851, were said to be awed by its unprecedented expanses of glass – 900,000 square feet of it (84,000 square metres). So much natural light. So spacious. Such openness to the surrounding Hyde Park, including three large elm trees left standing inside.
