Family Resemblance: Two Schools in France Deploy Similar Strategies for Divergent Contexts
The designs of these two lycées in the south of France offer a lesson in form, materiality, and civics.
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A New School Building in Stuttgart Completes the City's Renowned Ballet Scene
Munich firm Burger Rudacs designed the two faces of the new John Cranko School to interface with the city in contrasting ways.
Commentary: What “Back to School” Should Mean in America
MASS Design Group's founding principal and chief design officer Alan Ricks, says that before the pandemic, the sad state of public school buildings made them unhealthy and unjust. Let's use this moment to invest in fixing them.
How Hacker Architects Put a Middle School on the Path to Net Zero
The Gilkey International Middle School in Portland, Oregon, makes the most of its forest site, harnessing natural light, fresh air, and biophilia.
In Rwanda, Coffee Farmers Envision a Low-Carbon Pre-Primary School
The interdisciplinary firm Creative Assemblages worked with a community in Rwanda to construct a school with recycled and locally sourced material.
At Columbia College Chicago, Gensler Turns the Atrium Building Inside Out
The college's new student center reimagines the typically strict delineation between spaces that exist on urban campuses.
A Film School in Poland Is Built Around a Historic Home
In a bid to save the 19th-century brick tenement, the architects of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School embedded the former's façade into the latter.
Annabelle Selldorf on Compressed Earth Bricks
The architect discusses her fascination with this ancient and eco-friendly building material.
The University of Monterrey’s Newly Landscaped Campus is a Departure for the Car-Centered City
Designed by American firm SWA, the area includes plantings and pedestrian routes that envelop buildings by the likes of Tadao Ando.
An International Design Team Crafts a Sustainable School Campus in Zagreb
The building, by Flansburgh Architects and SANGRAD+AVP, abuts a beloved public park and has become one of the most energy-efficient schools in the EU.
The University of Miami's New Architecture School Offers Teachable Moments in Concrete
The Arquitectonica-designed neo-Brutalist structure is an unmitigatedly open shed in which to host studios and foster a design culture.
Perched on Hong Kong's Steep Cliffs, a New Academic Center Harnesses Its Sweeping Views
The center, designed by Revery Architecture for the University of Chicago, also integrates historic structures into its architecture.
Facing a Tight Budget, a California School Transformed Its Architecture With Color
The 800-student Caliber ChangeMakers Academy, built for $144 per square foot, saw architects, a nonprofit, and students collaborate on a vibrant color palette.
School in Remote Corner of Brazil Wins the 2018 RIBA International Prize
The 270,000-square-foot Children’s Village, designed by São Paulo–based firms Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum, was selected by a panel that included Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima.
A Minimalist School Addition Helps a British School Reconnect with Its Landscape
Years of ad hoc expansions has cut off St Teresa’s boarding school from nature, but new buildings by London-based IF_DO aim to turn the tide.
Back to School: 7 New Schools and Academic Buildings We Love
It's Fall, and as students are settling into another academic year, we're taking a look at some of the best and brightest education projects from the world-over.
Stallan-Brand Designs Dramatic 56-Foot-Long Cantilever for a School in Scotland
Soaring 34 feet above an outdoor play area, the Broomlands Primary School's larch-clad canopy was inspired by the pitched roofs of local vernacular architecture.
Studio Weave Conjures a Whimsical School Expansion Outside London
Completed on a tight budget, the 1,615-square-foot project in West London offers moments of play and calm for students facing moderate to severe learning challenges.
At Rockwell Group’s New Blue School, “the Space Is Almost the Third Teacher”
The 28,000-square-foot facility, which opened this month in Manhattan’s Financial District, is Rockwell’s second project for the Blue School.
Set Alongside a Lush Crater, Kunlé Adeyemi's New School Plants Deep Roots in Tanzania
Adeyemi and his team from NLÉ draw from the verdant local landscape and age-old building traditions for the design of the Black Rhino Academy.
