The Grand Ring is a circular wooden pavilion built for Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, on the artificial island of Yumeshima. Designed by architect Sou Fujimoto and completed in 2025, it covers roughly 61,000 square meters and was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest wooden architectural structure on earth. The ring stands about 20 meters high and combines traditional Japanese wooden joinery with modern construction methods, using a mix of domestic Japanese cedar and cypress with imported Scots pine. A rooftop walkway roughly 2 kilometers long runs along its top, reached by escalators and elevators. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Grand Ring is a circular wooden pavilion built for Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, on the artificial island of Yumeshima. Designed by architect Sou Fujimoto and completed in 2025, it covers roughly 61,000 square meters and was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest wooden architectural structure on earth. The ring stands about 20 meters high and combines traditional Japanese wooden joinery with modern construction methods, using a mix of domestic Japanese cedar and cypress with imported Scots pine. A rooftop walkway roughly 2 kilometers long runs along its top, reached by escalators and elevators.
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Category:Wooden buildings and structures in Japan
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (2025)
Wikidata item Q133959805, date of official opening (P1619): year 2025
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Wikidata item Q133959805, instance of (P31): wooden building
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata height (P2048) statement: 20.0
Wikidata item Q133959805, property P2048 (height): 20.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Yumeshima-naka, Japan
Wikidata item Q133959805, property P131/P17 (location): Yumeshima-naka, Japan
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