The United Arab Emirates in late November was awarded the 2020 World Expo, beating out Yekaterinburg in Russia, Izmir in Turkey and São Paulo in Brazil to become the first Middle Eastern territory to ever host the event.
HOK led the design team that developed the master plan for the Expo around the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.” The 1,082-acre (438-hectare) Expo site (featured in this artist’s rendering courtesy of HOK) is equidistant between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, near the new Al Maktoum International Airport and Jebel Ali Port. The Expo will run from October 2020 until April 2021.
