Victoria Regia House

The Victoria Regia House, designed by Joseph Paxton was a precursor to his design of the Crystal Palace. It accomplished many of the aesthetic qualities that Paxton valued in architecture through the system of pre-fabricated cast iron components. The Crystal Palace was able to embody these qualities of light and openness even more thoroughly on a larger scale. The Victoria Regia House holds the giant water lily from the Amazon and was named in honor of the queen. The design of the House was modeled after the water lily and was a great inspiration for the design of modern greenhouses. Queen Victoria later knighted Joseph Paxton for his great building designs for Great Brittan.