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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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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