Though I've never been there, one of my favourite pieces of industrial architecture is the old Battersea Power Station in London. The closest I can think of here is the Huntly Power Station in the north Waikato. I asked if they do tours once but sadly said they don't anymore.

What about warehousing? There are some great examples such as the new Foodstuffs North Island Distribution Centre, but lately there's an emerging trend of fabric warehouse structures.

Easier, cheaper and faster to build, they are seen as a key response to increasing space capacity (along with other measures to deal with current supply chain shortages).

With tension fabric a mainstay of stadium and other civic building design, perhaps fabric warehouses can look similarly compelling one day

Read on for more warehousing innovations to ongoing shortages.