Architect Sou Fujimoto inside the Grand Ring, a huge timber-framed structure encircling much of the Expo 2025 site. Yumi Asada/CNN. CNN — ...

A precious spot, and Ruinart made a bold choice of architect: Sou Fujimoto. Fujimoto is ‘at the top of his profession’, according to The New York Times in 2020.

Sou Fujimoto is a prolific Japanese architect, the founder of his namesake studio, and the mastermind of the upcoming Expo 2025 Osaka (as the site’s design producer). Materiality, nature, diversity ...

Architect Sou Fujimoto inside the Grand Ring, a huge timber-framed structure encircling much of the Expo 2025 site. Yumi Asada/CNN. CNN — ...

“The whole global situation is very unstable,” said Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, touring CNN around the site ahead of Saturday’s opening ceremony.

Architect Sou Fujimoto inside the Grand Ring, a huge timber-framed structure encircling much of the Expo 2025 site. - Yumi Asada/CNN. Ever since the Great Exhibition opened its doors in London 174 ...

For Fujimoto, not all this change has been for the better. As such, his call for unity at Expo 2025 appears to be directed as much toward his compatriots as the world at large.

Among them are dozens of national entries, from the serenely minimalist US pavilion to the corkscrew-shaped Czech one. The main attraction, however, is the venue itself: Fujimoto’s Grand Ring, a ...

Yet, Fujimoto also notes that impermanence has always been a feature of Japanese architecture. Traditionally, the country’s wooden homes were constructed with an expected lifespan of 20 years ...

Yumi Asada/CNN via CNN Newsource Architect Sou Fujimoto inside the Grand Ring. By CNN Newssource. Published April 10, 2025 8:00 PM . By ...