Early Examples
16 Cook Street, Liverpool, England, 1866
This building was built shortly after Bessemer's invention of the floating glass method which allowed for the windows to be larger and let more sunlight in
Crystal Palace, London, England
The Crystal Palace was the first large scale building to use strictly glass and iron. It is a more classical version of Mies Van Der Rhoe's later buildings which also use large amounts of glass and iron. Though the Crystal Palace has many classical elements it is pioneering the modernist style, even if Joseph Paxton didn't intend to.
Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, England, 1866
This Building similar to 16 cook street was also built around the time that Bessemer created the float glass technique to create these large plate glass windows