The City of London is building China's first carbon-neutral buildings as its contribution for the Shanghai World Expo's Urban Best Practices Area.
The buildings will house a lecture hall, a restaurant, an exhibition hall and six model rooms.
Six designers will create six different styles for the rooms, which will have environmentally friendly furniture and decoration.
The inspiration for London's UBPA two pavilions came from the Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED), an environmentally friendly housing development near Wallington, in the London Borough of Sutton.
BedZED encourages public transport, cycling and walking, and discourages cars with limited parking.
The buildings will use the technology and methods used in BedZED with adjustments for Shanghai's climate.
The London Pavilions will be situated north of the Shanghai pavilion on the Puxi side of the Expo site.
Construction started in May.
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