exhibition pavilions

1852 – National Exhibition, Cork

The National Exhibition was housed in a cruciform building, with four ‘transepts’, specially designed and erected at the Corn Exchange on Albert Quay,

1853 – Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin

Architect: Sir John Benson

The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was the largest international event to be held in Ireland.

1857 – Art Treasures Exhibition Building, Manchester, Lancashire

Architect: Francis Fowke & Edward Salomons

A temporary exhibition structure built to hold the ‘Art Treasures of Great Britain”

1861 – Provincial Exhibition Buildings & Museum, Montreal, Quebec

Architect: J.W. Hopkins

Published in The Building News, July 27 1860. Constructed on Rue St. Catherine as a temporary structure for an exhibition of manufacturing.

1862 – International Exhibition, London

Architect: Captain Francis Fowke

Held in South Kensington, on a site now occupied by the Natural History Museum. The buildings,

1863 – Design for Exhibition Palace & Winter Garden, Dublin

Architect: Alfred G. Jones

“The committee, as our readers are aware, selected from the designs for this work submitted in competition,

1865 – Dublin Exhibition, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin

Architect: Alfred G. Jones

This was the second of three major International Exhibitions held in Dublin, constructed on what later became Iveagh Gardens –

1876 – Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia

The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World’s Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.

1878 – Doulton Building, Exposition Universelle, Paris

Architect: J. Starke Wilkinson

Elevation of the Doulton Building at the 1878 Exposition Universelle, Paris. Based on the design of a building by Wilkinson at their base in Lambeth –

1878 – Royal British Commission, Exposition Universelle, Paris

Architect: Gilbert R. Redgrave

The third Paris World’s Fair, called an Exposition Universelle in French, was held from 1 May through to 10 November 1878.