FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexploitation Film, St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, Garnier
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Importance of industrial revolution to architecture and the society as a whole. It caused changes to transportation, communication and therefore how we see and experience the landscape. This led to new building types for the public. Scientific inventions that led to new materials being discovered. F & a darby pritchard. Increased the ability to span over larger distances] For this exhibition, architects were invited to display their designs. Joseph paxton, a gardener, understood the concept of glasshouses. He came up with a design that could be built cheaply and quickly. However, it was reassembled at another site in london. This technological advancement was also happening in france. Kings cross- station, london, lewis cubitt. Bon marche store, l. c boilleau. It has been debated throughout the history if this building is made f steel or iron. First thing he wanted to do was modernize paris by changing everything within the city. Wanted to make paris the center of european culture .
