Complex sentence: 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.
Split into simpler sentences: 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. Despite the great number of submissions, the Committee rejected them all.