1. Iron and Steel in Europe

2. Church of Sainte Genevieve

3. Bibliotheque St Genevive, Paris, 1843 Henri Labrouste

4. Bibliotheque St Genevive

5. Bibliotheque St Genevive

6. Bibliotheque St Genevive

7. Bibliotheque St Genevive, Detail showing the names of authors inscribed on the facade and the bronze paterae

8. Pantheon (Sainte Genevieve) façade detail: “Aux Grands Hommes La Paris Reconnaissante”

9. Bibliotheque St Genevive, plan

10. Bibliotheque St Genevive Entrance vestibule with arcadian murals and philosopher's busts; note the contrast between the light iron superstructure and the square and fluted heavy masonry piers.

11. Bibliotheque St Genevive, Reading room

12. Bibliotheque St Genevive, Reading room with central iron colonnade supporting the arched ceiling.

13. Project for the Bibliotheque Nationale, Boullee (1785)

14. Bibliotheque St Genevive, section

15. Bibliotheque St Genevive, section

16. This building expresses the tension between the traditions of history (as displayed on the exterior) and the promises of technology (revealed in the interior). Labrouste follows tradition and includes the names of over 900 authors on the exterior entablature. The interior reading room uses iron decoratively as well as structurally, elevating iron's status from a purely industrial material. The sense of modernity is also expressed through the inclusion of gas lamps in the reading room, thereby allowing a public interior space to be utilized at night.

17. CRYSTAL PALACE, London (1851) Joseph Paxton, reconstruction with landscaping Crystal Palace, London, 1851 Joseph Paxton

18. Crystal Palace

19. Crystal Palace

20. Greenhouse/Conservatory

21. Crystal Palace, construction

22. Crystal Palace, construction

23. Crystal Palace, construction

24. Crystal Palace, early plan

25. Crystal Palace

26. Crystal Palace, elevation

27. Crystal Palace, photo

29. Crystal Palace after fire

30. LES HALLES, Paris. V. Baltard. (1853)

31. GALLERIA Vittorio Emanuele II . (1861-1877) Arcade connecting Piazza del Duomo with the Piazza delle Scala

32. Arch of Constantine 315 CE

33. Alberti’s Sant'Andrea, Mantua (begun 1470) Facade combining triumphal arch and temple front motifs

34. Galleria, plans

35. Milan Cathedral ( Duomo) 1380-1900s?

36. Galleria, etching

37. Galleria, interior

38. Galleria, interior

39. Galleria, dome construction

40. Virtual Tour: http://www.hotelcristallomilan.com/virtual_milan/Milan_Galleria.htm

41. ST PANCRAS Station, London, (1863-67)

42. St Pancras Station

43. St Pancras Station, section

44. St Pancras Station, exterior

45. St Pancras Station, exterior

46. St Pancras Station (Midland Grand Hotel)

47. St Pancras Station, plan

48. Victoria Station London, England. G. Stephenson. (1845-49)

49. Train accident Gare du Montparnasse 1895

50. EIFFEL TOWER , early plan

51. Eiffel Tower, Gustov Eiffel. (1887-89)

52. Eiffel Tower, construction

53. Eiffel Tower

54. Eiffel Tower

55. Eiffel Tower, plan of first level

56. The Oxford Museum by Deane and Woodward

57. The Oxford Museum, Iron and glass roofed court

58. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (1873) watercolor

59. Natural History Museum, interior

60. Natural History Museum, interior

61. Natural History Museum (Romanesque)

62. Natural History Museum, door

63. Natural History Museum, door detail Romanesque columns

64. Natural History Museum, Terracotta monkeys climbing an interior archway.

65. Natural History Museum, interior. Terracotta panels of living creatures and plants.