Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design pavilions for Expo 2020 Dubai. Under the Expo?s 2020 theme of Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, the teams were selected from 13 invited practices to design three themed pavilions within the Expo's HOK-designed masterplan: Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability.

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Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design pavilions for Expo 2020 Dubai. Under the Expo?s 2020 theme of Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, the teams were selected from 13 invited practices to design three themed pavilions within the Expo's HOK-designed masterplan: Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability."A key criterion for the competition was ensuring that the designs not only embodied one of Expo?s core themes, but also had the flexibility and longevity to live on as landmarks and functional structures after the Expo is complete in 2021," said the organizers in a press release. Mobility Pavilion / Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners. Image © Expo 2020 Dubai

Foster + Partners. Image © Expo 2020 Dubai

Opportunity Pavilion / BIG

BIG. Image © Expo 2020 Dubai

BIG. Image © Expo 2020 Dubai

Sustainability Pavilion / Grimshaw Architects 

Grimshaw. Image © Expo 2020 Dubai

Grimshaw. Image © Expo 2020 Dubai

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