International Style exhibition architecture at world's fairs and expos (1929–1967)

1. Barcelona Pavilion opens at 1929 exposition

   May 27, 1929Labels: Barcelona Pavilion, Ludwig Mies

   • Mies BCN
   • Barcelona Pavilion

2. Stockholm Exhibition promotes functionalist display architecture

   May 16, 1930Labels: Stockholm Exhibition, Gunnar Asplund

   • Stockholm 1930
   • Asplund

3. Chicago’s Century of Progress fair opens

   May 27, 1933Labels: Century of, Chicago

   • BIE entry
   • Chicago History

4. Brussels International Exposition opens on Heysel Plateau

   Apr 27, 1935Labels: Brussels Exposition, Heysel Plateau

   • BIE entry
   • Brussels 1935

5. Le Corbusier’s Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux opens

   Jul 17, 1937Labels: Pavillon des, Le Corbusier

   • FLC page
   • Paris 1937

6. New York World’s Fair opens with Trylon and Perisphere

   Apr 30, 1939Labels: Trylon and, New York

   • NYWF 1939
   • Trylon

7. Postwar shift: Festival of Britain opens on South Bank

   May 3, 1951Labels: Festival of, South Bank

   • Festival 1951
   • Dome Discovery

8. Expo 58 commissions Philips Pavilion for multimedia architecture

   Apr 17, 1958Labels: Philips Pavilion, Iannis Xenakis

   • Expo 58
   • Philips Pavilion

9. Seattle Century 21 Exposition opens in Space Age context

   Apr 21, 1962Labels: Century 21, Seattle

   • BIE entry
   • NARA Seattle

10. 1964 New York World’s Fair opens; corporate modernism dominates

    Apr 22, 1964Labels: 1964 New, Unisphere

    • NYWF 1964
    • Pavilions list

11. New York State Pavilion debuts as modern civic spectacle

    Apr 22, 1964Labels: New York, Philip Johnson

    • NY State Pav
    • Natl Trust

12. Expo 67 opens, culminating mid-century expo modernism

    Apr 28, 1967Labels: Expo 67, Montreal

    • BIE entry
    • Expo 67