THE REVOLUTION IN MATERIALS CAME FIRST, WITH THE USE OF CAST IRON, PLATE GLASS, AND REINFORCED CONCRETE, TO BUILD STRUCTURES THAT WERE STRONGER, LIGHTER AND TALLER
THE CAST PLATE GLASS PROCESS WAS INVENTED IN 1848, ALLOWING THE MANUFACTURE OF VERY LARGE WINDOWS
THE CRYSTAL PALACE BY JOSEPH PAXTON AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 WAS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF IRON AND PLATE GLASS
THESE DEVELOPMENTS TOGETHER LED TO THE FIRST STEEL-FRAMED SKYSCRAPER, THE TEN-STORY HOME INSURANCE BUILDING IN CHICAGO, BUILT IN 1884
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