Slideshow: the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin. More »

A shiny copper chapel hovers above the entrance to this Catholic school in Gloucestershire, England, by London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. More »

Innsbruck architect Daniel Fügenschuh has completed a concrete and glass extension to a school at a former monastery in Rattenberg, Tyrol. More »

This school in Porto by Portuguese studio AVA Architects has lime green walls inside and out, and is filled with green furniture. More »

A patchwork of yellow, green and white panels covers the erratically curving facade of a school in Finland by Linja Architects. More »

Architects Codesign have converted a Stockholm warehouse into a school. More »

Grey and white blinds create a chequerboard pattern against the facade of this Barcelona school by MMDM Arquitectes. More »

Narrow skylights create bands of light across the red bright ceiling of a sheltered school courtyard in Porto, Portugal. More »

This shimmering silhouette in the shape of three overlapping houses is in fact a junior school for boys in a Melbourne suburb. More »

New York architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a media centre for the City University of Hong Kong. More »

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects designed this school in Wakefield, England, using red bricks and industrial building shapes that reflect the surrounding vernacular. More »

German studio Archifaktur has inserted felt-lined caves and green-floored playrooms into the loft of a 1930s primary school (photographs by Zooey Braun). More »

TWO/BO Arquitectura and architect Luis Twose have converted a sixteenth-century Catalan house into a business academy for a pharmaceutical company. More »

Overlapping arches divide classrooms in this temporary school in Tokyo by Japanese architects Atelier SNS. More »