"Architecture on Display": the National Centre RUSSIA launches a lecture series on landmark exposition spaces around the world

Architecture for expositions has always provided scope for bold experimentation, but today this field is experiencing a genuine boom. The first lecture in the "Symbols of the Times: World Expositions" series will be held at 18:00 on 9 September at the National Centre RUSSIA. The opening session, entitled "Architecture on Display: How Exposition Spaces Are Built Today", will explore how the architecture of exposition spaces is becoming an attraction in its own right and a new urban landmark, drawing as much attention as the expositions themselves.

The guest speaker will be architectural critic, PR Director at the SPEECH architectural bureau and creator of the "Archiblog" YouTube and Telegram channels, Anna Martovitskaya. Together with the moderator, architectural historian, Head of the educational company "Through the Eyes of an Engineer" and Chair of the Interregional Union of Tour Guides, Airat Bagautdinov, she will discuss some of the most striking examples of contemporary exposition architecture, from Shanghai to Osaka. They will compare the masterplans of recent world expositions and explore which ideas emerge specifically within exposition spaces and which of them could shape the large-scale architecture of tomorrow.

Participants will also discover which notable exposition spaces have recently opened or are currently being designed in Russia and how closely they reflect global trends.

The "Symbols of the Times" series is a major educational project by the National Centre RUSSIA exploring how world expositions became cultural and architectural events, shaped trends and left their mark on history. Admission to the lecture is free, but advance registration is required and is already open on the russia.ru website. Join the discussion and discover how today's boldest architectural experiments are shaping the urban landscape of the future.