Annual Bulletin
The Bulletin is an annual publication that has been produced by the BIE since 1996. The Bulletin features a selection of articles written by internationally renowned experts selected by the BIE. Each edition focuses on a specific theme or issue arising from International Expos, with the articles offering the reader an insightful and thought-provoking analysis of the issue at stake.
Bulletin 2026
Architecture in motion: the second life of Expo pavilions
Preface
Dimitri S. Kerkentzes
Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)
The reuse of World Expo pavilions, 1867–1937
Mercedes Volait
Emeritus Research Professor, CNRS, InVisu Laboratory, Institut national d’histoire de l’art
Prussia's Moorish Kiosk at Expo 1867 Paris: a model case
Thomas Schriefers
Publicist, Architect, Exhibition and Product Designer
Houses of Tomorrow, Yesterday and Today
Lisa D. Schrenk
Professor of Architectural History, University of Arizona
Belgium’s pavilion at Expo 1939 New York and its second life in Richmond, Virginia
Kathleen James Chakraborty
Professor of Art History, University College Dublin
Katherine M. Kuenzli
Professor of Art History, Wesleyan University
Bryan Clark Green
Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Virginia Tech
A pavilion in motion: Karl Schwanzer’s Design for Expo 1958 and the making of Belvedere 21
Irene Jäger
Public Relations Manager, Belvedere Museum
Pavilions in motion at Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners
Global studio for sustainable architecture, urbanism, engineering and design
Czechia’s pavilion at Expo 2015 Milan: modularity and the architecture of adaptation
Chybik + Kristof Architects (Ch+K)
International architecture and urban design practice
From Milan to Loumbila: when an Expo pavilion becomes a symbol of lasting international solidarity
Burkinabe Red Cross
Red Cross of Monaco
From Milan to Baku: the second life of Azerbaijan’s Expo 2015 pavilion
Anar Alakbarov
Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Director, Heydar Aliyev Centre; Commissioner-General of Azerbaijan, Expo 2015 Milan
Three lives of a pavilion
Yuko Nagayama
Architect, Founder, Yuko Nagayama & Associates
Pasona Naturverse: weaving life and regeneration through spiral architecture
Makiya Nambu
Director and Executive Vice President, Pasona Group Inc.
Satoshi Itasaka
Architect and Founder, The Design Labo Co., Ltd.
From Common Ground to new ground: the second life of the Netherlands pavilion
Marc Kuipers
Commissioner-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai
From Expo pavilion to living legacy: Uzbekistan’s Garden of Knowledge beyond Osaka
Gayane Umerova
Chairperson, Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation
Shirin Frangoul-Brückner
Managing Director and Founding Partner, ATELIER BRÜCKNER
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