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Yesterday, a group of Chinese developers along with London mayor Boris Johnson announced the shortlist of architects picked to design the new Crystal Palace. It includes some of the U.K.’s best ...

BBC London's Gary Holland goes back to the year 1854 to find out all about the Palace ... The Crystal Palace was a huge glass and iron structure originally built in 1851 for the Great Exhibition ...

Another attraction that drew visitors to the Exhibition was the Crystal Palace’s neighbor, the Latting Observatory. At more than 300 feet tall, it was the tallest manmade perch on the continent ...

This is the historic glass and steel Crystal Palace exhibition centre brought back to life as a £500 million modern-day cultural attraction. Chinese developers plan to create a replica of what ...

That may not sound too exciting today, but in 1851, the invention allowed engineers to build the Crystal Palace at previously unimaginable speeds. While the Great Exhibition of 1851 showcased ...

The Crystal Palace was built in well under a year for the 1851 Great Exhibition The Crystal Palace was originally constructed for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, in central London, before being ...

The Crystal Palace was a glass and cast iron structure built in London, England, for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The building was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, an architect and gardener ...

It was one of Britain's greatest ever structures, constructed in just 190 days between 1850 and 1851 – in time for Prince Albert's Great Exhibition. Now, a study answers the mystery of how ...