American architecture studio AMMA fabricated mass-timber structures in Spain before installing them for the Oceana Innovation Hub school in Barbados in a modular arrangement that reflects vernacular architecture. More about AMMA completes mass-timber modular school "that breathes" in Barbados
An "abstract ensemble" of pyramidal roofs cloaked in terracotta tiles was designed to evoke the feel of a small village at Kinder Rain, a kindergarten in Italy recently completed by local architecture studio AACM. More about AACM designs kindergarten in Italy to feel like "a small village"
An outdoor play area sits at the heart of this ring-shaped concrete kindergarten in Puerto Rico, designed by local studio Toro Arquitectos to create "a safe, engaging, and functional environment" for children. More about Toro Arquitectos designs ring-shaped Ciales Kindergarten in Puerto Rico
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a school in Canterbury completed by Walters & Cohen with a material palette of flint, oak and limestone. More about "A handsome, compact, efficient building" says commenter
Irregular oak shingles that double as habitats for bugs and bats cover the exterior of The Apple House, an education and wellbeing hub in Hertfordshire, UK, by London design collective Okra. More about Hand-cleft oak shingles cloak wellbeing centre in Hertfordshire by Okra
London studio Walters & Cohen has completed The Rausing Science Centre for a school in Canterbury, Kent, offering a contemporary take on the historic area's material palette of flint, oak and limestone. More about Walters & Cohen clads Canterbury school building with snapped flint
Car brand Kia has presented its EV5 model at an educational complex in Gyeonggi province in the latest instalment of our video series pairing its electric vehicles with contemporary South Korean architecture. More about Kia unveils new EV5 at educational academy surrounded by courtyards and water gardens
Rippling stone panels based on the shape of a brainwave clad the Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford, completed by architecture studio NBBJ. More about NBBJ clads University of Oxford science building in rippling stone panels
London studio Wright & Wright has expanded the University of Oxford's Corpus Christi College Library, tucking a limestone-fronted extension into its original Grade I-listed site. More about Wright & Wright adds "calm and confident" extension to University of Oxford library
A palette of local clay, sand, hemp and wood was used to create Hedeskov Living Lab, a research and educational centre in Rønde, designed by Danish architecture studio Djernes & Bell. More about Djernes & Bell designs Danish research centre as "living laboratory"
The Rhode Island School of Design has launched Loop Lab, a pilot initiative that transforms the school's own waste into raw materials for students to reuse and reimagine. More about RISD's Loop Lab transforms its own waste streams into raw materials
Staircases and walkways framed in bright green steel wrap the concrete frame of Atelier PPW, a studio block created for a school in Belgium by local studio NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte and architect Kris Broidioi. More about Bright green stairwells bookend school workshops in Belgium
Architect Danish Kurani has developed a prototype for a "connected" classroom, designed to enable expert teachers to remotely provide lessons to students in rural communities. More about Connected Classroom by Danish Kurani allows teachers to reach rural students in Alabama
Local clay and rubble from buildings razed during Apartheid were fired into bricks and fittings for the Rahmah Library in Cape Town, South Africa, completed by local studio The MAAK. More about The MAAK incorporates Apartheid-era demolition rubble into Cape Town school library
Local architecture practice Studio Dera has transformed a disused swimming pool into The Pool, a multifunctional, light-filled teaching space for Waltham Forest College in London. More about Studio Dera converts disused swimming pool into flexible teaching space
Australian architecture studio WHDA has updated the Swan Hill Specialist School in Victoria, adding a steel-framed sports court with colourful brise soleil that acts as its "catalytic social heart". More about WHDA upgrades Australian school with steel-framed sports court
Irish studio Grafton Architects and US practice Modus Studio have completed a mass-timber building topped with an angular roof for the University of Arkansas's architecture and design school. More about Grafton Architects completes first mass-timber building for University of Arkansas
Promotion: the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation has launched the Aral School, a new ecological education programme open to applications until 5 October. More about New design school described as "laboratory for our global future" opens to postgraduate students
Patterned walls of rammed-earth bricks and carpentry in local hardwoods celebrate "ancestral materials and methods" at the African Flow School, a kindergarten in Cameroon designed by Barcelona-based architecture studio Urbanitree. More about Urbanitree uses local materials and construction methods for African Flow School in Cameroon
Architecture students are often taught about Mies van der Rohe as a master of modernism but they should also learn about the problematic legacy of some of his most significant work, writes Leen Katrib. More about "I'm teaching students not to follow Mies van der Rohe's example"