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1.2-mile-long world’s largest timber structure ‘Grand Ring’ unveiled at Osaka Expo
Constructed for the ongoing Osaka 2025 Expo in Japan, it serves as a key feature of the event. Notably, Guinness World ...
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World's largest wooden structure goes round in circles for over a mile
The world's largest wooden structure has been completed. Aptly named the Grand Ring, it takes the form of a massive circular ...
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This week we revealed the world's largest wooden structure
This week on Dezeen, we unveiled Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects' giant wooden ring encircling the Expo 2025 Osaka.
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World's largest wooden structure encircles Expo 2025 Osaka
A gridded wooden structure formed using traditional joinery makes up The Grand Ring, which Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto ...
Osaka Expo opens in Japan offering a vision of the future. Here’s what to know
The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event.
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Expo site designer calls Grand Ring 'a symbol of our times'
The Expo 2025 site design producer called the Grand Ring, the world's largest wooden architectural structure, "a symbol of our times" that represents the venue's design philosophy of "unity in ...