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Tag: Education
Herzog & de Meuron wins planning permission
Teikyo University Elementary School
by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma conceived this primary school in north-west Tokyo as the modern equivalent of a traditional Japanese schoolhouse with timber-clad walls (+ slideshow). More »
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Senior by McBride Charles Ryan
Arched openings bring students past shimmering tiled buildings and into landscaped courtyards at this grammar school near Melbourne by Australian architects McBride Charles Ryan (slideshow). More »
Loop Kindergarten
by SAKO Architects
Beijing studio SAKO Architects used all the colours of the rainbow for the playgrounds, classrooms and roof garden of this doughnut-shaped kindergarten in Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). More »
The La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science
by Lyons
This science facility in Melbourne by Australian firm Lyons has a tessellated facade based on the hexagonal geometry of a molecular structure (+ slideshow). More »
James B. Hunt Jr. Library
by Snøhetta
Architecture firm Snøhetta has completed a library at North Carolina State University that features a robotic book retrieval system and a 3D printing workshop (+ slideshow). More »
Lee Hall College of Architecture
by Thomas Phifer and Partners
Double-height studios bring art and architecture students together in the new college of architecture at Clemson University, South Carolina, by New York office Thomas Phifer and Partners (+ slideshow). More »
Elevated Sports Court by
Guzmán de Yarza Blache
Students arriving at and departing from this school in Zaragoza, Spain, often obstructed sports games in the playground, so architect Guzmán de Yarza Blache decided to lift one of the sports courts up out of the way (+ movie). More »
Binissalem School Complex
by RipollTizon
Bold blocks of colour at ground level contrast with the white upper storeys of this school in Mallorca by Spanish architects RipollTizon (+ slideshow). More »
Braamcamp Freire Secondary School
by CVDB Arquitectos
Bold primary colours punctuate this stark concrete extension to a secondary school outside Lisbon by Portugese architect CVDB Arquitectos (+ slideshow) More »
Nursery School in Berriozar by Javier Larraz,
Iñigo Beguiristain and Iñaki Bergera
A row of colourful louvres wraps around classrooms and playgrounds at this concrete kindergarten near Pamplona in Spain (+ slideshow). More »
Zaha Hadid's Oxford college project
to start on site
Talleres de Diseño by Shine Architecture
and TA Arquitectura
Mexican firms Shine Architecture and TA Arquitectura have converted an unused building at the Monterrey Institute of Technology's León campus into a 24-hour studio for art and design students (+ slideshow). More »
Removal of design from school curriculum
is "insanity" - Neville Brody
News: plans to remove creative subjects from the UK curriculum are “short-sighted insanity”, according to incoming D&AD president Neville Brody (+ interview). More »
Cornelius Vermuyden School
by Nicholas Hare Architects
London studio Nicholas Hare Architects used a palette of yellow brick, bronzed aluminium and unfinished timber to construct this secondary school in Essex, England (+ slideshow). More »