This country was the site of an 1851 event housed in an enormous iron-and-glass building designed by Joseph Paxton.
One thinker from this country faced controversy after describing a planned museum extension as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend" in a 1984 speech. That thinker more recently penned the 2010 book Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World. A designer from this country was the subject of the Met exhibition Savage Beauty, and forced a fashion audience to stare at a reflective glass box filled with moths in his 2001 show (*) VOSS. A statistician from this country is the namesake of a law which states that increasing traffic volume leads to an increase in fatalities per capita, and released a report that influenced a decision by this country's capital city to adopt congestion charges. This country was the site of an 1851 event housed in an enormous iron-and-glass building designed by Joseph Paxton. For 10 points, name this home country of Alexander McQueen and the site of the Great Exhibition.
One thinker from this country faced controversy after describing a planned museum extension as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend" in a 1984 speech.
the United Kingdom [or Great Britain; or England; or Wales, I guess] 