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The Danish national pavilion designed by Bjarke Ingels Group showcases sustainability and energy solutions along with architecture and design. The pavilion’s centerpiece is The Little Mermaid, marking the first time that the iconic statue has left Copenhagen. The Little Mermaid is displayed in the center of an artificial pond within the Danish building. The original [...]
The United Arab Emirates pavilion, created by British architect Lord Norman Foster, was designed to resemble a sand dune. The building, which is constructed of gold-colored glass, is curved to imitate the natural formations of the leeward and windward sides of the sand dunes found in the U.A.E. Foster’s design also calls attention to the [...]
The Chinese pavilion was the largest national pavilion at the Expo and most expensive, costing an estimated US$220 million. The 63-meter high pavilion, the tallest structure at the Expo, is called "The Crown of the East," and was meant to resemble an ancient Chinese crown. The chief architect of the pavilion was He Jingtang. It [...]
The Urban Planet pavilion is located in the Theme Pavilion central exhibition building on the Expo Axis. The concept and design were contributed by the German communication agency Triad Berlin Projektgesellschaft. The company, which had already designed a pavilion for the Expo 2000 in Hanover, won an international bidding contest against more than 150 competitors. [...]
Hakon Ahlberg was a Swedish architect, editor and author, best known as the official architect for the repair and restoration of Gripsholm Castle near the town of Mariefred in central Sweden. He was one of the founding members and first president of SAR, the Swedish Architects’ Association, and was well-known as an active participant in [...]
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer, sometimes called the "Father of Modernism" in the nordic countries. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware. Aalto’s early career runs in parallel with the rapid economic growth and industrialization of Finland during the first half of the twentieth century and many of his [...]
Sir James Frazer Stirling FRIBA was a British Architect considered to be among the most important and influential architects of the second half of the 20th century. He is perhaps best known as one of a number of young architects who from the 1950s on questioned and subverted the compositional and theoretical precepts of the [...]
Alvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira is a contemporary Portuguese architect, born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos a small coastal town by Porto. He is internationally known as Alvaro Siza. He graduated in architecture in 1955, at the former School of Fine Arts from the University of Porto, the current Faup – Faculdade de Arquitectura [...]