It’s as if we had already forgotten the great changing of times. The excitement brought on by the three zeroes of the year 2000 has died down so quickly that we have ceased to reflect on the turn of millennium that still lies ahead of us. In the 150 years since they first came about, universal expositions have tried in diverse ways to address yearnings for novelty, offering enthusiastic and at times even sensitive answers, which they materialized through buildings that have since come down in history…[+]