The Pinch (Department of Architecture at The University of Hong Kong: Yunnan, China) Few children experience the joy of running through a library, not to mention running on top of one, as they can do with this unique structure. Built in the wake of the 2012 earthquake that ravaged the province, the radical reading place offers seating, and as slide, on its curved timber roof. Photo 9 of 11 in Inspiring Small Space Projects Around the World by Patrick Sisson

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The Pinch (Department of Architecture at The University of Hong Kong: Yunnan, China)

Few children experience the joy of running through a library, not to mention running on top of one, as they can do with this unique structure. Built in the wake of the 2012 earthquake that ravaged the province, the radical reading place offers seating, and as slide, on its curved timber roof.