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    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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    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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    World's fair (redirect from World expo)
    A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    Philips Pavilion (category Expo 58)
    The Philips Pavilion was a World's Fair pavilion designed for Expo '58 in Brussels by the office of Le Corbusier. Commissioned by electronics manufacturer...
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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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    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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    Poème électronique (category Expo 58)
    Poème électronique (English Translation: "Electronic Poem") is an 8-minute piece of electronic music by composer Edgard Varèse, written for the Philips...
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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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    America the Beautiful was a 360° movie attraction in Circarama created by Walt Disney Productions for the American exhibit at the 1958 Brussels World's...
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    them from sticking to the iron. Belgian-style waffles were showcased at Expo 58 in Brussels. Another Belgian introduced Belgian-style waffles to the United...
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    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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    La Tourette, on which the two collaborated, and the Philips Pavilion at Expo 58, which Xenakis designed by himself.[citation needed] Giannis Klearchou...
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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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    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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    bronze statue of Lenin by sculptor Matvei Manizer, which was created for Expo 58 in Brussel, was placed on the square in front of the main stadium entrance...
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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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    the Centenary Palace, home to the Brussels Exhibition Centre (Brussels Expo), and the Port of Brussels, next to which the Monument to Work by Constantin...
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  • played by Wilfred Hyde-White in the final movie. In Jonathan Coe's novel Expo 58, a pair of Foreign Office employees called Radford and Wayne appear, in...
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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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    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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    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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    Belgium at least to as late as 1958 in a "Congolese village" display at Expo '58 in Brussels. These displays, while sometimes called "human zoos", usually...
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    Belvedere 21 (category Expo 58)
    Originally constructed as the Austrian pavilion or temporary showroom for the Expo 58 in Brussels, it was later transferred to Vienna to house the Museum of...
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