Seventy million visitors expected to visit the New York World's Fair will see examples of some of the most dramatic and creative architecture ever assembled on one site, Structural steel, which is used to frame 75 percent of the buildings, has been daringly fashioned into airy circles, arches, domes, discs and free forms that distinguish the Fair's architecture, Most of the designs for the buildings, some of which are shown here, call for large, open spaces within the structures, unobstructed by supporting columns, The highly original designs show the great versatility of modern steels, which permit designers to let their imaginations soar without limitation – to design structures of any shape, with exquisite beauty and economy.
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[Image description:]Theme of the Ford Motor Company exhibit, created by Walt Disney's WED Enterprises, is "A Man and an Idea," where guests ride through an adventure that portrays man's growth and progress. The huge exhibition structure designed by Welton Becket and Assocs. features a 235-foot, glass enclosed, circular pavilion surrounded by 64 gracefully curved steel pylons reaching more than 100 feet into the air. Adjoining the pavilion is a flared rectangular exhibit building 500 leet long and seven stories high. Structural engineer was Richard Bradshaw.
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