 Two designs, both in iron and glass, were singled out for praise—one by Richard Turner, co-designer of the Palm House at Kew, and the other by French architect Hector Horeau but despite the great number of submissions, the Committee rejected them all.Turner was furious at the rejection, and reportedly badgered the commissioners for months afterwards, seeking compensation, but at an estimated £300,000, his design (like Horeau's) was too expensive.As a last resort the committee came up with a standby design of its own, for a brick building in the "rundbogenstil" by Donaldson, featuring a sheet-iron dome designed by Brunel, but it was widely criticized and ridiculed when it was published in the newspapers.