Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (French: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles de 1958; Dutch: Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling...
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Expo 58 is the tenth novel by Jonathan Coe. First published by Viking in 2013, much of the novel's action centres around the British pavilion at the Brussels...
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World's fair (redirect from World expo)
in most of Europe and Asia; other terms include World Expo or Specialised Expo, with the word expo used for various types of exhibitions since at least...
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Atomium (category Expo 58)
originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the architects André and...
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well as the patio. In 1958, 58 additional buildings were constructed in preparation of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58), and the Atomium was also...
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collaborated, and the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58), which Xenakis designed by himself.[citation needed] Giannis Klearchou...
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183 families. Eight-month-old baby Juste Bonaventure Langa died during Expo 58; he rests in the Tervuren cemetery. In mid-July the Congolese protested...
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Maddox, p. 293. "Expo 58". Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2015. Devos, Rika (2011). "Expo 58: the catalyst for Belgium's...
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Brussels waffle and the Liège waffle. Originally showcased in 1958 at Expo 58 in Brussels, Belgian waffles were introduced to the United States by a...
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Lucien De Roeck (section Expo 58)
typographer and graphic designer. He is best known for the design of Expo 58, the Brussels World's Fair in 1958. Lucien De Roeck was born in Dendermonde...
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Atomium Philips Pavilion Seattle Center Seattle Center Monorail Space Needle Expo 67 pavilions Habitat 67 Tower of the Americas Palácio de Cristal Garden Palace...
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Circle-Vision 360° (section Expos)
Expo 58 and Disneyland were built as Circarama theaters. The latter would be upgraded to the Circle-Vision 360° system. Although the theater at Expo 61...
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Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58) took place. The Atomium, a symbolic 103-metre-tall (338 ft) modernist structure, originally built for Expo 58, is the most impressive...
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Magician's Lantern (category Expo 58)
representative cultural programme devised with the aim to promote the at Expo 58, which took place from 17 April to 19 November 1958 in Brussels. The project...
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of the new terminal, preparing the airport for the 1958 World's Fair (Expo 58). The grass runway 12/30 had to make way to allow for the new passenger...
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pralines such as the Caprice and the Tentation which were first displayed at Expo 58. Suzanne Neuhaus, his wife, specialized in decoration and gift wrapping...
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in connection with the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). In order to prepare the city for Expo 58, buildings were torn down without regard either to...
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played by Wilfred Hyde-White in the final film. In Jonathan Coe's novel Expo 58, a pair of Foreign Office employees called Radford and Wayne appear, in...
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received high praise in Germany and Europe and his German pavilion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, built together with Egon Eiermann, achieved worldwide recognition...
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Brussels International Exposition of 1935 and the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). During World War I, Brussels was an occupied city, but German troops...
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hundred metres further north. Following the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58), a major plan was devised to rebuild the Northern Quarter – the so-called...
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Century 21 Exposition (redirect from Expo '62)
more conservative Spokane, Washington—Expo '74 took environmentalism as its central theme. The theme of Spokane's Expo '74 was "Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh...
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May 2007 Julot Verbeeck Press officer of the Cirque Royal 17 April 2008 Expo 58 hostesses 12 October 2009 William Vance 24 February 2010 David Susskind...
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company was founded in 1957 by Helena Z. Benitez and debuted May 27, 1958 at Expo '58, the Brussels World Fair responding to the request of then President Ramon...
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he was asked to design a building for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58) that would symbolise Belgian engineering skills. Waterkeyn owned the copyrights...
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– Berlin International Building Exposition 1958 – Brussels, Belgium – Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) – Atomium 1959...
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with Les Mistons (1957). After seeing Orson Welles's Touch of Evil at the Expo 58, Truffaut made his directorial debut with The 400 Blows (1959), which received...
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designed by Dr. Bohumil Peleška. In 1958 his device was awarded Grand Prix at Expo 58. In 1958, US senator Hubert H. Humphrey visited Nikita Khrushchev and among...
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created in the 1960s, referring success of the Czechoslovak pavilion at Expo 58 designed in so–called "Brussels style". The house was designed by a Czech...
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creation of the Small Ring in preparation for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58) led to the widening of the boulevard and the digging of an underground...
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