Shanghai prepares for Expo 2010
Posted Friday, March 26, 2010 by SixSevenEightNine in Labels: Architecture, photographic
The Chinese pavilion (right) seen from the expo boulevard at the World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai on January 22, 2010. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
A trumpet-shaped structure designed to soak up the sun's rays to light up galleries and catch rain to water the green areas, at the site of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai on January 28, 2010. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
A migrant worker collects construction waste at the Polish pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai on January 20, 2010. (REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINABUSINESS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT)
The Sunny Valley and the Chinese Pavilion are seen during a light test at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai January 12, 2010. (REUTERS/China Daily)
A worker walks in front of "Joy Street", part of the Dutch Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai March 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Aly Song)
Workers are seen at the Luxemburger Pavilion in the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai on March 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Aly Song)
Workers walk past the Spanish Pavilion under construction at the site of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai on March 11, 2010. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
A worker carries a construction material in front of the Spanish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo site Monday, March 8, 2010 in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A worker walks in front of the South Korean Pavilion in the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai March 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Aly Song)
A construction worker looks out from the Swiss Pavilion in the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai March 8, 2010. (REUTERS/Aly Song)
Workers are seen at the Seed Cathedral, part of the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site. The 20-meter-high cube-like Seed Cathedral will be covered by 60,000 slim, transparent acrylic rods, which will quiver in the breeze, according to the official website of Shanghai Expo. (REUTERS/China Daily)
In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, a man labors in front of the Seed Cathedral, formed by thousands of slender acrylic rods - the centerpiece of the UK Pavilion, at the Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai, China. The expo starts May 1 and runs for six months. It is expected to draw 70 million visitors. (AP Photo)
Inside the nearly-completed Seed Cathedral, part of the UK Pavilion, visitors pose in front of a wall made up of acrylic rods, at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai on March 15, 2010. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Inside the UK's Seed Cathedral, seeds are seen, encased in the ends of acrylic poles used for the facade of the structure on March 15, 2010. The 20-meter-high cube-like Seed Cathedral is covered by 60,000 slim, transparent acrylic rods, which will quiver in the breeze, according to the official website of Shanghai Expo. (REUTERS/Aly Song)
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