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He drove a bulldozer at Asia’s first World Expo. Now, he’s one of the event’s star architects
The pavilion — designed by architect Shin Takamatsu and built with Nishijin brocade from HOSOO, a company that’s been weaving the fabric since 1688 — is modeled after a Möbius strip.

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