Solar cooking set by Lanzavecchia + Wai uses the sun's rays to barbecue
Design duo Lanzavecchia + Wai has incorporated a lens into an outdoor furniture set to concentrate sunlight onto a grilling plate for cooking food. More
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Nendo creates dining room optical illusion at Japan's Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: Nendo has played with the perspective of a dining table and chairs to present a range of tableware inside the Japanese pavilion at the Milan Expo (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron presents an alternative to "pompous and unsustainable" Expo pavilions
Milan Expo 2015: this trio of wooden pavilions was designed by Herzog & de Meuron to showcase the principles of the Slow Food movement, which promotes regional gastronomy and a slow pace of life (+ slideshow). More
Anne Holtrop uses white concrete "puzzle pieces" for Bahrain's tranquil Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: gardens of fruit trees are framed by the white concrete walls of Bahrain's Milan Expo pavilion, designed by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop as a peaceful oasis of green (+ slideshow + interview). More
Brazil's Expo pavilion contains a bouncy landscape of suspended rope
Milan Expo 2015: climbing frame meets bouncy castle inside Brazil's Expo pavilion, where Studio Arthur Casas and Atelier Marko Brajović have suspended a huge rope canopy over a garden (+ slideshow). More
France's Expo pavilion is a wooden lattice with plants and food slotted into its crevices
Milan Expo 2015: a robot cut all the components used to build France's Expo pavilion – a curved wooden lattice structure designed by XTU Architects to become a trellis for growing vegetables, herbs and hops (+ slideshow). More
Beijing skyline morphs into a mountain range across the roof of China's Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: over 1,000 bamboo panels clad the roof of China's Milan Expo pavilion, which features an elaborate structure that merges the profile of the Beijing skyline with a mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More
"Sometimes you can say more by being quiet" says designer of UK's Milan Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: to mark the opening of the British pavilion for the Milan Expo, Dezeen interviewed sculptor Wolfgang Buttress about trying to create a "quiet" structure in the middle of one of the world's biggest displays of "bombastic" temporary architecture (+ slideshow). More
Foster + Partners presents rippled concrete Expo pavilion for the United Arab Emirates
Milan Expo 2015: a pair of sinuous rippled concrete walls frame the entrance to UAE's Milan Expo pavilion, designed by Foster + Partners to suit the climate conditions in both Milan and Abu Dhabi. More
Austria's Milan Expo pavilion contains a forest filled with clouds of mist
Milan Expo 2015: behind the wooden walls of Austria's national pavilion, a team led by architect Klaus K Loenhart has planted enough trees to provide a source of oxygen for up to 1,800 people (+ slideshow). More
Daniel Libeskind unveils his "handcrafted dragon" at the Milan Expo
Milan Expo 2015: Daniel Libeskind has completed his dragon-inspired pavilion at the Milan Expo, which features a sinuous body and a scaly red and gold skin (+ slideshow). More
Anti-Expo protests turn violent in Milan
Police have fired teargas at protesters opposing the Milan Expo on its opening day, who have set fire to cars and plastered the city in anti-Expo graffiti. More
Carlo Ratti creates a digital supermarket at the Milan Expo 2015
Milan Expo 2015: huge mechanical arms are spray painting colourful data across the walls of this pavilion and supermarket that Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created at the Milan Expo 2015, which opens today (+ slideshow). More
Milan Expo 2015 opens to the public
Milan Expo 2015: the Milan Expo has opened its doors to the public today, with over 9 million tickets already sold (+ slideshow). More
EcoLogicStudio transforms cladding system into a bioreactor with Urban Algae Canopy
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie Marco Poletto of EcoLogicStudio claims the integrated algae farm and cladding system his practice will showcase at the 2015 Milan Expo could be used to power cities in future. More
Milan Expo pavilions "haven't a hope in hell" of completing in time
Milan Expo 2015: two weeks ahead of opening day, the Milan Expo is still a building site and designers say some pavilions may not be finished in time. More
First images of the UK's beehive-inspired Milan Expo pavilion released
Milan Expo 2015: the first photographs of Wolfgang Buttress' UK pavilion for the World Expo 2015 in Milan have emerged, revealing that its structure is now complete (+ slideshow). More
Milan Expo will be an "obsolete vanity fair" says Jacques Herzog
Milan Expo 2015: architect Jacques Herzog has launched an attack against the 2015 Milan Expo – for which he was one of the original masterplanners – branding it a vanity fair that he thinks will be embarrassing and a waste of money. More
Sergei Tchoban designs 30-metre-long cantilever for Russia's Milan Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: the entrance to the Russian national pavilion at this year's World Expo will be sheltered beneath a 30-metre-long cantilevered canopy that visitors can walk on (+ slideshow). More
Vo Trong Nghia plans bamboo "lotus pods" for Vietnam's Milan Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: a proposal by Vo Trong Nghia Architects to build towering bamboo structures modelled on lotus pods has been selected for Vietnam's pavilion at the World Expo 2015 in Milan (+ slideshow). More