........................................................................ ........................................................................................ ...................................... ......................................... NOME CLASSE DATA COGNOME The Modern City: Steel, Iron, Glass, and Concrete The Industrial Revolution changed the population distribution in many European countries, and the technical developments of the period permitted architects to use new building materials. The process of urbanisation made it necessary to think of town planning in a different way. WARM-UP ACTIVITY 1.a In your workbook draw a chart and indicate which words can be attributed to each building. England reticulated structure four base pillars modular glass structures France majestic building four semicircular arches prefabricated parts iron and cast-iron structure housed the Great Exhibition more than 300 metres high 92,000-square-metre area central nave tower entrance gateway to the World s Fair three levels barrel vault glass and iron structure 1. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Eiffel Tower, 1887-1889, iron and cast iron, Paris. 2. Joseph Paxton, Crystal Palace, London, Great Exhibition of 1851. ACTIVITY 1.b Now use the vocabulary you have written in your chart to write a short description comparing the two buildings.