[gallery_extend] The info pavilion is a space of interchange. It marries the multiplicity embodied in the design of the Expo site and the organization of "cascinas"-traditional rural farmhouses that dominate the region of Lombardy. Information on food production from all 144 participating countries...

[gallery_extend] The info pavilion is a space of interchange. It marries the multiplicity embodied in the design of the Expo site...

[gallery_extend] Barend Koolhaas worked for OMA and IDEO before setting up his own studio in Amsterdam and, yes, he is a relative of Rem Koolhaas. His latest project, House in Almen, was designed around one of its three exterior walls, made entirely from huge glass panes. This crystalline skin floods...

[gallery_extend] Barend Koolhaas worked for OMA and IDEO before setting up his own studio in Amsterdam and, yes, he is a relative...

[gallery_extend] Yoshioka explains that traditional ceremonies incorporate elements of nature, usually by having tea houses surrounded by lavish gardens. He brings nature inside via the ripple designs on the interior glass surfaces, which resemble the energy of moving water. Afternoon sun rays also...

[gallery_extend] Yoshioka explains that traditional ceremonies incorporate elements of nature, usually by having tea houses surrounded...

[gallery_extend] Earthquakes disproportionately affect people in developing countries, where building codes are less rigorous, so the same buildings that we all know and love are ultimately responsible for greater death and destruction than an earthquake of a similar magnitude (7.8) would exactly in...

[gallery_extend] Earthquakes disproportionately affect people in developing countries, where building codes are less rigorous, so...