Photograph of the Demolition of the Crystal Palace, 1936

Demolition of Crystal Palace in 1936. Crystal Palace designed by Joseph Paxton has existed for 85 years. It was fired at 6 o'clock in the evening on November 30, 1936 (Beaver, 141). A fire broke out in the employee's toilet and the whole building ignited within minutes. Pakstone adopted an innovative construction method at Crystal Palace, although the flame had swallowed it because it just melted into the framework of the original structure.

On November 30, 1936, the Crystal Palace was ignited. After an hour the building was destroyed. North Transcept was burned. The government does not underwrite insurance for reconstruction. The cost is about 2 million pounds. At that time, Wethic Pugin, the founder of Gothic architecture, called the building "glass monster". He told Paxton, "You continue to build a better greenhouse, I will keep the mu church and the cathedral." Many other architects began criticizing Crystal Palace. After dismantling, many books and articles were written. Thomas Carlyle called it "a big glass soup bubble." However, recently, Crystal Palace was called "original modern architecture" and became a precedent for many buildings such as European and American commercial buildings. Crystal Palace symbolized the Industrial Revolution and symbolized the strength of the times and the economy - the power of the industry. (Manpret Singh, "Delete Crystal Palace 1926-1941" .www.digital.lib.umb.edu.com)

Finally, in November 1936, Crystal Palace was tragically destroyed with a spectacular fire. Crystal Palace is made of iron and glass, it is building material. When the light from the sun strikes the crystal palace directly, it can cause a fire, and the iron will deform without being subjected to high temperatures and easily. As a result, fire will spread very quickly. However, the Australian Royal Melbourne Museum continues to inherit the style of London's Crystal Palace. The main difference is that Crystal Palace is not a permanent building, the main material is iron and glass, all settings are for convenience and short term use.

First of all, Crystal Palace is a famous building in the exhibition of 1851, Crystal Palace is made of iron and glass. The building's area is 900,000 square feet, equivalent to 84,000 square meters of glass or eight semi-standard soccer fields. A 3-storey building that includes 3,300 iron pillars covering 1851 feet, 7400 square meters wide, 408 feet wide, 1251 meters wide, 564 meters wide, and 2,300 iron beams. This is a very spacious building from the 19th century.