By: Jesi Tassava
The Industrial Revolution brought about many changes all throughout Europe. While factories were being built and cities were industrializing, architects were discovering new materials. Steel, iron, and other types of metal began to be used more in buildings. Before the Industrial Revolution, engineers and architects had separate jobs. “Reinforced concrete, introduced at the end of the century, combines the tensile strength of steel with the crushing strength of stone. Architects knew little of these things. They left them to the engineers.” (Pevsner, 1943) However afterwards, architects and engineers communicated extensively, learning the skills from each other. Engineers had to be given credit for the buildings that were built. Several monuments and buildings that were built during this time using the new ideas brought to life were the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Saint-Genevieve Bibliothéque in Paris, and the Crystal Palace in England. (Gyetvai-Balogh, 2007)
Eiffel Tower
by John Kroll, used under 
Reading room of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris.
by Marie-Lan Nguyen, used under 
Sources:
Gyetvai-Balogh, A. (2007). Architecture of the 19th Century and the Turn of the Century. Budapest University of Technology and Economics .