This week on Dezeen, we showcased architecture from Dubai Expo 2020, including the Qatar pavilion and the UAE pavilion, both designed by Santiago Calatrava.
The Dubai Expo 2020, which is currently ongoing in the United Arab Emirates after being postponed from last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, also features the UK pavilion designed by Es Devlin.
Es Devlin creates UK Pavilion to represent "culturally diverse Britain" at Dubai Expo
The first UK pavilion designed by a female designer has a circular facade made from protruding slats on which poems are displayed using LED lights.
Also unveiled at the expo were the colourful translucent solar panels made by Marjan van Aubel for the Netherlands pavilion, designed to create the feel of stained-glass windows. Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center church illuminated for first time
Another Santiago Calatrava design, the St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, was illuminated in New York this week as it nears completion. It is being built as part of the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Also in New York, American studio Gensler unveiled its redesign for the lobby of Philip Johnson's AT&T building at 550 Madison.
Volvo latest car brand to reveal flat logo
In design news, Swedish car brand Volvo revealed a redesigned flat logo, making it the latest car brand to do so. The minimalist design is a "modern reinterpretation" of its longstanding Iron Mark logo, the...