Expo 2017's Architect Announced

It was announced today that the Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture Company has won the competition to design Astana, Kazakhstan's world's fair, Expo 2017.

On Expo 2017's official site:
 The winner of the International Architectural Contest for Expo 2017 revealed

Walt Disney and World's Fairs

On my separate blog, written in conjunction with the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), I've written about the many connections between Walt Disney and world's fairs.

Part 1:
http://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/bie-blog/entry/walt-disney-and-world-s-fairs-part-1

Part 2:
http://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/bie-blog/entry/walt-disney-and-world-s-fairs-part-2