At Osaka Expo 2025, Australia is among the countries that has constructed a pavilion on Yumeshima Island – a section of reclaimed land in the port of Osaka. Just a few kilometres away in 1970, a bamboo forest was cleared to make way for Osaka Expo 70, where Australia had also promoted its way of life to the world.
Fifty-five years ago, Australia was one of the stars of the show at Osaka Expo 70, with a pavilion that was an outlandish, modernist architectural masterpiece. The $6 million Australia Pavilion at Expo 70 had a ‘wow factor’ with its striking construction that was an architect’s dream come to life. With a large circular roof, suspended in mid-air by a sky hook, the Australia pavilion had a distinctive, futuristic look.
