Deciding which pavilion to visit next.
Water is collected through rain-water harvesting, or by drawing from the large reserve on which the pavilion floats.
The original Music Center, of which the Pavilion was the keystone (with the two theaters, the Ahmanson and Mark Taper Forum, to follow in 1967), happened to be the achievement of women.
The German pavilion, which won the award for best pavilion, showed the work of Gregor Schneider.
The Exhibitions Pavilion acts as the temporary residence for traveling art collections and the Foundation's artwork for which the permanent pavilions have no room.
"Parsons Design Workshop: The Margaretville Pavilion," which closes March 21, is about a 6,000-square-foot 6,000-square-foot 6,000-square-foot York by students in the school's design-build pavilion
But the main attractions are the national pavilions, which range from modest to imposing, simple to lavish, representational to abstract.
We spent a whole day there, wandering around the six pavilions which make up Richard Meier's travertine-clad modernist complex.
Peacock Pavilions, which opened last year, was built from scratch in a large olive grove around 20 minutes' drive from the centre.
Once outside, you're in a world of hit and miss among the national pavilions, which tend to be high in polish, low in impact.
