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Inventive architecture can be found in the most unheralded locations. If you are heading west out of the historic Polish city of Krakow, and happen to find yourself in the industrial city of Gliwice, you should check out a building that is disguised as a stack of pipes, with a profile that evokes an ancient Egyptian tomb.

It was commissioned by Gambit Systems, which distributes the heavy-duty plastic piping of Swiss firm Georg

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