From a wooden boat-like structure to a spiralling ramp, here are 13 of the most interesting national pavilions that will form Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan.
Masterplanned by Sou Fujimoto Architects in line with the theme titled Designing Future Society for Our Lives, the upcoming World Expo is set to take place on the artificial island Yumeshima in Osaka Bay from 13 April to 13 October 2025.
The national pavilions will be dotted within a 60,000-square-metre wooden ring, which Sou Fujimoto Architects has modelled on traditional Japanese timber construction.

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Alongside them will also be a series of pavilions for private sectors including Blue Ocean Dome, which Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is building from paper tubes, bamboo and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. Trends for the year's national pavilions include the use of demountable and reusable structures, as well as multimedia exhibits intended to offer insight into life in each country.
Read on for 13 national pavilions revealed so far for Expo 2025 Osaka:

Czech Republic by Apropos Architects
The spiralling exterior of the Czech pavilion echoes the arrangement of its exhibition spaces, which will take the form of a ramp winding up around a skylit atrium.
It has been designed by Apropos Architects to encourage visitors to move and highlight the importance of physical exercise. Its twisting form will be buil...