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Circular pavilion of France rises eight storeys on the lle Notre-Dame. Each floor in the concrete and glass structure has a different geometrical shape, the centre being hollow. The swirling canopy on top is made from aluminium extrusions. From the top visitors gaze down on to a fountain, 190 ft. below. The architects are Jean Faugeron of Paris, and Andre Blouin of Montreal.

This conical-shaped pavilion houses the s theme, Man in the Community. The exhil with surroundings of pools and gardens aperture in the roof allows rain to fall in pool), examines the prime result of modi technology and the interdependence of man the city

Soviet Union pavilion will become a con- gress hall in Moscow after Expo closes. Glass clad, it is covered by a huge up- swept rectangular roof of aluminium, supported on two V-shaped steel pylons. The interior is dominated by a spherical planetarium. Exhibits represent achieve- ments in the fields of industry, science, technology and social development

This is Kaleidoscope, the multi-coloured pavilion of six of Canada's leading chemi- cal companies

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