Iron and Glass in Victorian Architecture

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General

• Iron Structures and Victorian Architecture
• Opposing Forces in Victorian Architecture — The Example of St. Pancras

Markets and Arcades

• Smithfield Meat Market (9 views)
• Leadenhall Market
• The Grainger Market, Newcastle upon Tyne (8 views)
• Burlington Arcade (6 views)
• Iron and Glass Roof, Manchester (2 views)
• Galleria di Vittorio Emanuelle II, Milan, Italy (4 views)
• The Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (1828; 2 views)
• The Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia (1898; 2 views)

Museums and Exhibition Halls

• Crystal Palace (many views)
• The Crystal Palace's Influence upon Victorian Architecture and Architects
• The Oxford University Natural History Museum

Railroad Stations

• Barlow's St. Pancras Trainshed (many views)
• Central Station, Newcastle — "the first covered station in the world"

Greenhouses

• John Claudius Loudon and the First Iron and Glass Greenhouses
• Greenhouses at Chatsworth
• The Great Stove [heated greenhouse] at Chatsworth
• Turner and Burton's Hot House at Kew Gardens (3 views)
• Lanyon's Palm House, Belfast (5 views)

Miscellaneous

• The Floral Hall, Covent Garden (Royal Opera House)
• East Pier, Brighton
• The remains of West Pier, Brighton

Related Material

• A Review of Kate Colquhoun's "The Busiest Man in England:" A Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect, and Visionary

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Last modified 4 November 2007