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  2. Skylight - Wikipedia

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    A skylight (sometimes called a rooflight) is a light-permitting structure or window, usually made of transparent or translucent glass, [1] that forms all or part of the roof space of a building for daylighting and ventilation purposes.

  3. The Crystal Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in its 990,000-square-foot (92,000 m 2) exhibition space to display examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution.

  4. Grand Palais - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie (Palace of Industry) to prepare for the Universal Exposition of 1900. [2] That exposition also produced the adjacent Petit Palais and Pont Alexandre III. [3] The building was designed to be a large-scale venue for official artistic events.

  5. Atrium (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The Tucson High School Galleria and reflexive library (pictured) feature a modern atrium tetrastylum with four support columns and open roof. In architecture, an atrium (pl.: atria or atriums) [1] is a large open-air or skylight-covered space surrounded by a building. [2]

  6. History of modern period domes - Wikipedia

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    Iron and glass glasshouses with curved roofs were popular for a few decades beginning shortly before 1820 to maximize orthogonality to the sun's rays, although only a few have domes. The conservatory at Syon Park was one of the earliest and included a 10.8 meter span iron and glass dome by Charles Fowler built between 1820 and 1827.

  7. Roof lantern - Wikipedia

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    Post-Renaissance roof lanterns were made of timber and glass and were often prone to leaking. Initially wood-framed in the 18th and 19th centuries, skylights became even more popular in metal construction with the advent of sheet-metal shops during the Victorian era. Virtually every urban row house of the late-19th and early-20th centuries ...

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