Expo 67 pavilions Expo 67 pavilions The Expo 67 International and Universal Exposition featured 90 pavilions representing Man and His World, on a theme derived from , written by the famous French pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The exposition displayed many nations, corporations, industries, technologies, social themes, religions and designs, including the US pavilion, a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller. Expo 67 also featured Habitat 67, an urban modular housing complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie, whose units were purchased by private Montrealers after the fair was concluded, and is still occupied today. The most popular display of the exposition was the soaring
Geodesic dome A 30-foot wood and plastic geodesic dome was lifted and carried by helicopter at 50 knots without damage, leading to the manufacture of a standard magnesium dome by Magnesium Products of Milwaukee. Tests included assembly practices in which previously untrained Marines were able to assemble a 30-foot magnesium dome in 135 minutes, helicopter lifts off aircraft carriers, and a durability test in which an anchored dome successfully withstood without damage, a day-long propeller blast from the twin 3,000 horsepower engines of an anchored airplane. The dome was introduced to a wider audience as a pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair