A Pyramidal University Campus Towers over a Japanese City
With numerous functional and visual connections to the surrounding city of Ibaraki, Otemon Gakuin University's newest building is inviting despite its sleekness.
Universities
A New Landscape in Albuquerque Puts Accessibility Front and Center
The University of New Mexico's recently completed plaza—in some ways, 50 years in the making—has "shorelines," which help visually impaired people navigate the expanse.
Grafton Architects Completes its First Building in the U.K., Kingston University’s Town House
The Dublin-based firm worked with a somewhat radical program that juxtaposes dance studios with a library and lecture area for the southwest London university.
At Tel Aviv University, a New Science Building Looks—and Acts—Like a Cloud
A salutation to the two science departments it holds, the Check Point Building’s ephemeral form contrasts with the campus’s more orthogonal buildings.
At Cornell's New Fine Arts Library, the Book Sets the Standard
Inside the library, 100,000 volumes appear to float midair across staggered honeycomb steel mezzanines.
AHMM Transforms the University of Amsterdam With a Dramatic Canal-Framing Feat of Engineering
The British firm totally revamped an re-skinned two massive Modernist buildings, creating a new welcoming pedestrian environment in the process.
The House at Cornell Tech Is the World's Tallest Certified Passive House
The building’s developers and architects want the House to be a tangible example of eco-conscious living.
At Princeton, Steven Holl Juggles Well-Tested Formulas and Experimentation
Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts finds Holl eschewing restraint, but his powers of atmosphere remain intact.
Steelcase and Texas A&M Team up to Develop Furniture that Supports Education
The Verb Active Media Table, to launch later this year, will integrate storage and technology to foster flexible learning environments.
Community Colleges Are the Next Frontier for Bold Architecture
With major architecture firms getting involved, these formerly neglected institutions are having a design renaissance—and showing us how design could transform the American education system.
Students, Inspired by Broadacre City, Imagine a Better, Collective Sprawl
In revisiting the speculative proposal, pupils at the School of Architecture at Taliesin strive for avant-garde status without the aesthetic trappings of “Mr. Wright.”
The Rise of Innovation Districts and the 21st-Century City
Elkus Manfredi Architects on innovation and collaboration in urban environments.
Big Thinking, Little Humans: How to Design for Children
Ross Barney Architects on making children's spaces where children can grow, develop, and blossom.
In America, A New Religious Architecture on the Rise
We are witnessing the emergence of a new kind of religious architecture within the United States today.
Review: Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Latest Renews the Medical Typology
Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s newest Manhattan project for a medical school upends the typology’s ingrained gloominess.
UT Austin Urban Planning Initiative Explores Race and Gender
The School of Architecture's unique new urban planning initiative focuses on the crossroads of race, gender and the built environment.
How Design Thinking Is Changing Medicine
PInCH, a competition that embraces design thinking, is attempting to revolutionize biomedical research.h.
Zaha Hadid Architects' Oxford Pavilion Stands out by Fitting in
At Oxford, the Middle East Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects is a stainless-steel-clad facility that stands out by fitting in.
A Library That Caters to Every Kind of Study Habit
A new library at Williams College is flexible enough to fit rapidly evolving collections, technologies, and student study habits.
Timber’s Transformation: An Old Building Material Reborn
Leers Weinzapfel Associates used highly engineered timber as the primary structural system in their plans for the University of Massachusetts Amherst Design Building.
