News: well-designed classrooms can improve the academic performance of primary school pupils by 25 percent according to a new study undertaken by the University of Salford and UK architects Nightingale Associates. More »
Tag: UK schools
Well-designed schools improve learning
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 »
The UK can "learn lessons from school-building
in Brazil" - Aberrant Architecture
News: following this week's news that the UK government is restricting curved and glass walls on new school buildings, Aberrant Architecture's Kevin Haley and David Chambers are urging the Department of Education to look to the standardised schools designed by Oscar Niemeyer for Brazil in the 1980s, which the architects are presenting in the British Pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale. More »
UK government bans
curved school buildings
News: there will be no curved or glass walls on any new school buildings constructed in the UK, thanks to a set of government guidelines released this week. More »
All Saints' Academy by
Nicholas Hare Architects
A shiny copper chapel hovers above the entrance to this Catholic school in Gloucestershire, England, by London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. More »
Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects
wins RIBA Stirling Prize
Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. More »
Sandal Magna Community Primary School
by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects designed this school in Wakefield, England, using red bricks and industrial building shapes that reflect the surrounding vernacular. More »
Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have completed this school that bridges a running track in Brixton, south London. More »
"Overhaul to England’s school
building programme"
Dezeenwire: the UK government has announced it is abandoning plans to build or refurbish 715 schools and scrapping the Building Schools for the Future programme in a £5 billion cost-cutting drive: Department for Education
West Buckland School by Rundell Associates
London firm Rundell Associates have completed this new art and design department at a secondary school in Devon, UK. More »
The Langley Academy by Foster + Partners
London architect Foster + Partners have completed an academy clad in wood in Berkshire, UK. More »
Clapham Manor Primary School by dRMM
London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan have completed an extension to a primary school in south London. More »
