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The World Expo has left many unforgettable landmarks. Do you know which ones?
I. Crystal Palace

185 1 year, the first World Expo opened in London, England. The exhibition hall of the World Expo is located in Hyde Park. The newly-built exhibition hall used steel members, glass and laminated plates in the construction of buildings for the first time, and became the predecessor of modern high-rise buildings with glass curtain walls. The whole building is supported by steel frames, and the roof, wall and other parts are assembled by large pieces of glass, which is vividly called "Crystal Palace". After the Expo, the Crystal Palace was used for art exhibitions and concerts, but it was destroyed by fire at 1936.

2. Eiffel Tower, Alexander III Bridge, Xiale Palace, Paris Industrial Palace, national mall, Odyssey Palace, Honorary Military Academy, Mechanical Palace, and Institute of Artificial Art Creation.

Paris, France is the city that has hosted the most World Expos and left the most classic buildings. The most beautiful Alexander III Bridge on the Seine River, Xiale Palace, Paris Industrial Palace, national mall, Odyssey Palace, Honorary Military Academy, Mechanical Palace, Artificial Art Creation Institute, etc. They are all important legacies of previous Paris World Expos. One of the most famous is the Eiffel Tower, which is the landmark building for hosting the World Expo in 1889. It is 320 meters high and weighs 9000 tons. It is composed of 18000 steel members and millions of rivets. The Eiffel Tower, known as the father of modern towers, has become a symbol of Paris and France.

Third, Firth wheel

1893, the World Expo was held in Chicago, USA. Chicago engineer Fels designed and manufactured a huge wheel for people to play with, with a diameter of more than 70 meters, which satisfied people's desire to go around the sky. At that time, it was called "Firth Wheel". Now this kind of Ferris wheel is a very common amusement facility, which can be seen in parks and playgrounds all over the world, but it was still rare more than 100 years ago.

Fourth, Baicheng

1933, Chicago hosted the World Expo again. The landmark building of this Expo is "Hundred Cities". These buildings are classical, all painted with Paris gypsum, and they are spectacular white. At night, under the irradiation of thousands of lights, they are more magnificent and white as jade. During the World Expo, most pavilions were temporary buildings and were demolished after the closing. To this end, many new building materials and buildings have been developed, such as inflatable light buildings and plastic canopy buildings.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) atom

1958, the World Expo in Brussels, Belgium. The central building is a spherical exhibition hall with atomic energy structure, and it is an iron atom model enlarged by1600 million times. Nine large spheres are connected into a whole by 20 steel frames in order, which symbolizes the safe and peaceful application of atomic energy by human beings. The outer body of Atomic building is made of aluminum, with a height of124m and a diameter of18m. The frames supporting the spheres are all tubular passages with escalators. Of these nine huge spheres, three have been turned into permanent science exhibition halls, and the rest have also been put into commercial use. Among them, the tallest building has become a luxurious revolving restaurant.

The intransitive verbs Philips Pavilion and Norway Pavilion

1958 Philips Pavilion (designed by le corbusier) and Norwegian Pavilion (designed by Spanish architects Jose Antonio Corrales and Vazquez Morazun and Norwegian architect Svell Finn) of the Brussels World Expo.

Seven, the cosmic needle

1962, the World Expo with the theme of "Man in the Space Age" was held in Seattle, USA. Its landmark building is an exquisite tower, known as the "cosmic needle". It looks like a flying saucer standing on a slender steel foot, and its height is 185 meters. There is a revolving restaurant inside the flying saucer at the top of the tower, overlooking the beautiful scenery of the whole city. Now it's Seattle.

VIII. Exhibition Hall of IRI Company

1963 Exhibition Hall of IRI Company in Genoa, Italy (designed by Italian architect Angelo Mangiarotti)

Nine, universal, IBM exhibition hall

1964 The new york World Expo was held to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of new york, with the theme of "Building a Bridge of Peace through Understanding". Its landmark building is a giant stainless steel globe built by American steel company, with a diameter of 36 meters and a weight of about 900,000 pounds. It is the largest model of the earth in the world, symbolizing world peace and well expressing the theme of the World Expo.

1964 IBM Exhibition Hall of new york World Expo (designed by American architects Charles Ames and Ray Ames)

X. USA Pavilion and Germany Pavilion

American Pavilion (designed by American architect Buckminster Fuller) and German Pavilion (designed by Rolf Gutbrod and Frei Otto) 1967.

Xi。 No.67 residential

The World Expo Montreal 1967 in Canada, with the theme of "People and the World", left a landmark building-"Habitat 67" apartment, which was designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moses Saifudi. The building is composed of 158 standardized units, aiming at exploring solutions to global housing problems and providing a new structure and construction method. "Habitat 67" has been designated as one of the official theme exhibition halls, which shows the sustainable development of compact cities.

XII. Tianyu Pavilion and Brazil Pavilion

The landmark building of Osaka 1970 World Expo in Japan is "Tianyu Pavilion". The top floors of big houses are stacked one after another, imposing and towering into the sky, which fully shows the majestic style of oriental palace architecture.

1970 Brazil Pavilion of Osaka World Expo (designed by Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha, etc. )

Thirteen. IBM mobile exhibition hall

1982 IBM mobile exhibition hall (designed by Italian architect Renzo bianco)

Fourteen Kunming World Expo Park

1999, the World Horticultural Exposition was held in Kunming, China, with 69 countries and 26 international organizations participating. After the Kunming World Expo, although there were no special landmark buildings, the entire exhibition area of Kunming World Expo Park, covering an area of 2 18 hectares, was preserved, becoming the only large-scale garden preserved in previous world horticultural expositions.