Zusammenfassung der Ressource
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- ARCHITECTURE
- 1851: Joseph Paxton designs Crystal Palace w/ prefab parts. Constructed from iron & glass.
- 1889: Eiffel Tower constructed w/ prefab parts, and Otis elevator.
- Iron & Steel frame construction.
- Flatiron Building: first steel skyscraper in US.
- Mail-order houses.
- Balloon Construction.
- INTERIORS
- New technology to improve quality of life.
- Better lighting/heating/plumbing increase.
- Reading Room in Biblioteque Nationale: early use of iron, large scale, space planning.
- Built-in bookcases/dome in terracotta/arches
- Bradbury Building: wrought iron, central court and open elevator cages.
- HEATING
- Chimneypieces
- Coal Grates
- Franklin Stove
- Furnaces
- LIGHTING
- Natural Light with windows and skylights.
- Kerosene
- Oil
- Gas
- Electric Lighting
- FURNISHINGS
- Roll top desk w/ cubbies/filing systems
- 4-star leg chairs with casters
- Catalogs to order furniture
- Wooten Desk: pigeonholes/drawers/filing/renaissance detailing.
- Garden furniture
- Iron & brass beds
- Office furniture systems
- CONCEPTS
- Mass/factory production
- Transportation
- Engineering
- DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS
- Machine production
- Iron front buildings
- Glass/Iron ceilings
- Elevators
- Skylights