Here's today's question: What is the current trend in "astounding"? Is there something in the news that meets the criteria of surprisingly impressive? Would you consider architecture to have astounding developments?
Here's one listed for Toronto:
In a Toronto neighbourhood defined by converted 19th-century brick warehouses and sleek glass condos, award-winning local studio gh3*’s bunker-like Storm Water Quality Facility is set to become a unique and imposing landmark. Following in the footsteps of the city’s numerous iconic infrastructure projects (from the massive Hearn Power Station to the art deco R.C. Harris Treatment Plant), the faceted 279-square-metre concrete structure similarly marries cutting-edge aesthetics with state-of-the-art processes. Its austere form and monolithic skin conceal a discrete four-part water treatment scheme — a strikingly simple choreography of elements that will purify urban runoff from the new West Don Lands development and return it back to nearby Lake Ontario. 10 years in the making, it’s been well worth the wait.
Doesn't that look like the Gardiner Expressway? Yes. It will be at Lakeshore Boulevard and Cherry Street. You can see the story and pictures HERE.
It is among 10 world projects for 2021 from Azure HERE.
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