Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia among top rated at Expo 2020 Dubai pavilion awards

Latest: ' Can't they keep it open forever?' Expo 2020 visitors on what they loved most Germany, Japan and Pakistan pavilions were among the winners at the Expo 2020 Dubai official participant awards. A total of 51 gold, silver and bronze awards were handed out during the ceremony, held in Jubilee Park on Wednesday. Divided into five different categories, the awards recognise three aspects of the pavilions: architecture and landscape (for self-built pavilions only), exhibition design and theme interpretation. Saudi Arabia , the Netherlands and Singapore came top in the architecture and landscape category. In exhibition design, Japan, Peru and Morocco were the winners in the self-built category, while Mexico, which features a crochet facade created by 100 women in a small town, was rated best among the rented pavilions. Germany, Oman and Malaysia were voted the best pavilions under theme interpretation in the self-built category, while Syria was deemed best of the rented pavilions. The award recipients were decided by an international jury composed of nine experts in a range of relevant fields. The jury visited each pavilion at Expo 2020. Awarding participation is a long-standing tradition of Expos, dating back to the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, the first World Expo. The awards were paused for a number of years, before being revived ahead of Expo 2005 Aichi in Japan. The UAE Innovates Awards, launched in February 2021 to celebrate innovative ideas in the Emirates, also dedicated awards to the Expo 2020 Dubai pavilions that have showcased impressive innovations in Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability. The “Best Innovation that Achieves Sustainability” was awarded to the Netherlands pavilion for its Vertical Farm and the Italy pavilion for its ISO 20121 sustainability certification. The “Best Innovation that Creates Opportunity” was awarded to the Czech Republic pavilion for the S.A.W.E.R. water production system, and the Tunisia pavilion for the P-Guard autonomous patrolling robot . The “Best Innovation that Drives Mobility” was awarded to the Saudi Arabia pavilion for its inclined lifts and the Sweden pavilion for the Incedo security system. The award winners in full: Self-built pavilions — Category A (larger than 2,500m2) Gold Award – Saudi Arabia Silver Award – Switzerland Bronze Award – China Self-built pavilions – Category B (between 1,750m2 and 2,500m2) Gold Award – Netherlands Silver Award – Austria Bronze Award – Gulf Cooperation Council Self-built pavilions – Category C (smaller than 1,750m2) Gold Award – Singapore Silver Award – Finland Bronze Award – Qatar Self-built pavilions — Category A (larger than 2,500m2) Gold Award – Japan Silver Award – Pakistan Bronze Award – Spain Self-built pavilions – Category B (between 1,750m2 and 2,500m2) Gold Award – Peru Silver Award – Poland Bronze Award – Egypt Self-built pavilions – Category C (smaller than 1,750m2) Gold Award – Morocco Silver Award – Algeria Bronze Award – Palestine Rented pavilions Gold Award – Mexico Silver Award – Latvia Bronze Award – Montenegro Thematic District pavilions — Opportunity Gold Award — Tonga Silver Award – Democratic Republic of the Congo Bronze Award — Fiji Thematic District pavilions — Sustainability Gold Award — Seychelles Silver Award – Cambodia Bronze Award — Surinam Thematic District pavilions — Mobility Gold Award — Holy See Silver Award – Côte d’Ivoire Bronze Award — Jamaica Self-built pavilions — Category A (larger than 2,500m2) Gold Award – Germany Silver Award – Kazakhstan Bronze Award – Italy Self-built pavilions – Category B (between 1,750m2 and 2,500m2) Gold Award – Oman Silver Award – Hungary Bronze Award – Sweden Self-built pavilions – Category C (smaller than 1,750m2) Gold Award – Malaysia Silver Award – Lithuania Bronze Award – Colombia Rented pavilions Gold Award – Syria Silver Award – Gabon Bronze Award – Vietnam Thematic District pavilions — Opportunity Gold Award — Rwanda Silver Award – Ethiopia Bronze Award — Kyrgyzstan Thematic District pavilions — Sustainability Gold Award — Yemen Silver Award – Guinea Bronze Award — Comoros Thematic District pavilions — Mobility Gold Award — El Salvador Silver Award – Moldova Bronze Award — Organisation of Islamic Co-operation

Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia among top rated at Expo 2020 Dubai pavilion awards

Awarding participation is a longstanding tradition of Expos, dating back to the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, the first World Expo