United States of America

"The United States exhibit, entitled Creative America, is designed to illustrate technological and aesthetic inventiveness in the U.S.A."

"A huge transparent geodesic "bubble" contains a singular multilevel system of exhibit platforms interconnected by escalators, elevators and bridges. The platforms support groupings and categories of exhibit items specially selected or created for the new environment suggested by the structure."

"Situated on Ile Sainte-Helene close to the Metro station from which there is Minirail connection with the Expo-Express, the bubble is 20 stories high and has a spherical diameter of 250 feet."

"The bubble's acrylic skin changes color by day, and by night the total spherical form has a golden glow."

"The interior exhibits reflect different aspects of the United States, from the fine arts and the cinema, and from the field of science and technology, including a space exhibit reached by a 135 foot escalator and a lunar landscape supporting actual lunar vehicles.

A 300-seat theater features a tone poem in color projected on three screens, showing the games of children."

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

SPACE AGE

Text:

Expo 67 - Official Guide

Images:

© Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada

Source: Library and Archives Canada | Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition