Skylon (Festival of Britain)
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The Skylon was a futuristic-looking, slender, vertical, cigar-shaped steel tensegrity structure located by the Thames in London, that gave the illusion of floating above the ground, built in 1951 for
The Skylon at the Festival of Britain, 1951
The Skylon illuminated at night
Skylon model at the Museum of London
Trylon and Perisphere
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The Trylon and Perisphere were two monumental modernistic structures designed by architects Wallace Harrison and J. Andre Fouilhoux that were together known as the Theme Center of the 1939 New York Wo
Skylon (Festival of Britain)
…that it was duly roped off at one point, in anticipation of a forecast thunderstorm. Both the name and form of the Skylon most likely referenced the Trylon feature of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The name was suggested by Mrs A. G. S. Fidler, wife of the chief architect of the Crawley Development…
Perisphere photo by Leo Husick
Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline photo by Sam Gottscho
Model for Trylon and Perisphere (1938)
Trylon and Perisphere on US stamp from 1939.