#The Building: Inside Toronto’s beautiful, hyper-modern stormwater processing plant

#The Building: Inside Toronto’s beautiful, hyper-modern stormwater processing plant

This is where clean lines and filthy water collide The futuristic $23-million structure sits in Toronto’s Canary district. (Photography by Adrian Ozenik) Every time it rains, excess water rushes through the streets of Toronto’s downtown eastern core and pours into the city’s sewer system. Its endpoint: the Cherry Street Stormwater Management Facility, where all manner…

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#Spiralling bookhouse in Shenzhen looks like an art sculpture & offers views of an idyllic riverside park

#Spiralling bookhouse in Shenzhen looks like an art sculpture & offers views of an idyllic riverside park

Designed by Atelier Xi, the Serpentine Bookhouse is an intriguingly designed public building, nestled among a canopy of lush trees, along Shenzhen’s Dasha River Ecological Corridor. The building includes a 300 sqm children’s reading room and a 24/7 public restroom that can be used by park visitors and residents. It is surrounded by a 13-kilometer…

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