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China’s World Expo pavilions embrace the “weird architecture” it is spurning at home

United Kingdom Architecture News - Jan 30, 2015 - 09:59   5111 views

China’s World Expo pavilions embrace the “weird architecture” it is spurning at home

China pavilion: “Land of Hope, Food for Life” by Tsinghua University in partnership with New York-based architecture firm studio Link-Arc is meant to signify a “cloud hovering over a field of hope.”

For six months starting on May 1st, Milan is hosting the World Expo, which has been held every five years since 1851 as a showcase for human progress. The Expo is also prime venue for some incredible architecture-gazing, with grand displays of engineering and soft power on display.

Of the 53 countries constructing pavilions, China is building not one, but five. Aside from its monumental national pavilion—the second largest after Germany’s—the country is represented in four of the five corporate pavilions, mostly co-conceived with foreign architects.......Continue Reading
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