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...never achieved the cultural and architectural importance of those early ones. Both New York fairs were gaudy happenings that turned architecture into a tool of advertising. The 1964-65 New York fair has left bizarre ghosts of its architectural arrogance, such as the Unisphere and the New York State Pavilion. Montreal's Expo 67, in contrast, leaves a pleasant memory of some fine buildings and a colorful environment inspired by the most beautiful fair in this century-the Swiss National Exposition at Lausanne in 1964. Lausanne, a national fair, was an exemplary work of art, excitingly varied...
...million U.S. Pavilion suffers from similar mediocrity. It is a six-story structure, designed by Atlanta Architects Finch Alexander Barnes Rothschild & Paschal Inc., that vaguely resembles the Pompidou Center in Paris-with a fig leaf. Pompidou's daringly exposed ducts and pipes are coyly muted. This federal contribution houses energy exhibits. One possible post-fair use for the pavilion is as a University of Tennessee energy research center. But now that acute energy concerns are drowned in the oil glut, other uses also are under discussion...
...John Dinkeloo & Associates (Dinkeloo died last summer). Among the firm's acclaimed buildings are the Ford Foundation headquarters in New York City, the new buildings of Deere & Co. in Moline, 111., and the additions to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, including the Temple of Dendur Pavilion, the Michael C. Rockefeller Primitive Art Wing and the Robert Lehman Pavilion. New corporate headquarters for Union Carbide Corp., General Foods Corp. and Conoco Inc. are nearing completion. Early this month plans were announced for redesigning New York's Central Park...
Some 2,500 construction workers are rushing to cover the fairground's red clay with sod, lay the roads and put the finishing touches on structures like the enormous Chinese-Egyptian-Peruvian pavilion before opening day. Most Knoxvillians are steeling themselves for a six-month influx of 11 million tourists. But for all that, the fair, named the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, will be modest by international standards. Montreal's Expo '67, for example, was ten times as costly, and included twice as many foreign participants...
...plan to ship some splendid pieces, including the chariot of Pharaoh Ramses II. Japan's installation, with perhaps a touch of international swagger, will show off the country's state-of-the-art industrial robots. Australia is building a wind-power facility, and the $21 million U.S. pavilion, which will house a giant movie screen and talking computers, is to be powered in part by a 5,000-sq.-ft. rooftop solar energy collector. There will be plenty of mindless flash and hubbub as well: clog dancing, exhibition basketball (featuring the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers...