Bulletin 2021-2022 World Expos: Architectural Labs
PrefaceDimitri S. Kerkentzes Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)
World Expos and architectonic structures: an intimate relationshipIsaac López CésarProfessor of Physics and Structures, University of A Coruña, Spain
The conspiracy of Expo pavilions: What lies behind pavilion architecture at Expos?Yutaka HikosakaArchitect (JIA), Urbanist, President of Space Incubator Inc., Tokyo, Japan
World Expos as architectural laboratories for structural innovationBálint KádárAssistant Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Beauty or rationality: What drives architectural innovations at World Expos?Tomasz KrotowskiPhD Eng. Arch., Architecture Institute, Łódź University of Technology, Poland
Expo pavilions: the lasting impact of the ephemeralVega Méndez-NaviaPhD Architect, Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), Spain
Demonstrating and questioning the laboratory of progress: Architecture at Expo 1958 BrusselsRika DevosAssociate Professor in Architecture and Construction History, ULB, Belgium
Strategies against architecture: multisensory environments in temporary exhibition pavilionsSven SterkenProfessor of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium
The architecture of the Space Needle: embodying Space Age aspirationsKnute BergerConsulting historian, Space Needle
Imagining a city of the future: Architectural experimentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and debate at Expo 1970 OsakaWilliam O. Gardner Professor of Japanese, Swarthmore College, United States
The Vanke Pavilion at Expo 2015 Milan, a true joining of spiritsStudio Libeskind, Architecture studio
Designing Al Wasl, a new urban typology and the beating heart of Expo 2020 DubaiAlejandro StochettiDirector of Design, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Flying high: the design of the UAE pavilion at Expo 2020 DubaiCalatrava International, Architects and Engineers
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