Dear <<First Name>> <<Last Name>>,

There are few weeks left until the EXPO 2015 in Milan closes. I was able to visit in August and was very impressed by the various national and corporate pavilions. The designs are very unique and full of imagination and are not just of interest to the architecturally minded but can also be structurally intriguing. One of the guidelines given by the organisers to the pavilion owners was to use sustainable materials. Thus wood was often a material of choice for the structure or the façade (or both). Here is a selection of pavilions of the current but also structures from past universal expositions. 

Best regards
Nicolas Janberg
Editor-in-chief of Structurae

Buildings of EXPO 2015 in Milan

Around 70 pavilions can be found on the 200 hectare Expo site in Milan. A large number of the 145 participating countries created their own pavilions as did some companies and international organizations.

Structures from Previous Expos

Since the construction of the Crystal Palace for the first exposition in London, universal expositions have always also been a show of architectural and structural innovation. Among the structures built for world's fairs are the Eiffel Tower or the Space Needle. Here are a few more.