Expo 2020, A World Expo,

is now open,

image source Alin Constantin, the World Expo is currently hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. There are 192 participating nations, featuring unique architecture, culture and inspiring innovations, here are just a few of the pavilions that you can see there, above the British pavilion, which has been conceived by artist and designer Es Devlin as an ‘expression of the ideal of a culturally diverse Britain’ and is a first in that the 20m-high CLT structure, is the first UK pavilion for a World Expo to be designed by a woman,

above Terra ― The Sustainability Pavilion, which aims to illuminate the ingenuity and possibility of architecture as society looks to intelligent strategies for future sustainable living, design and photograph from Grimshaw Global,

lastly for this post, the Mobility Pavilion, named Alif (after the first letter of the Arabic alphabet and symbolising the beginning of progress and new horizons), photograph and design by Foster + Partners, would I like to go there? you bet!