North River Architecture designed Gallatin Passive House as an extension to an 18th-century farm in upstate New York, repurposing the existing barn as a double-height play space for the owner's three children. More
California studio AUX Architecture has tranformed and expanded a synagogue on LA's Westside to create the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center for a nonprofit focused on children's welfare. More
Deep eaves shelter openings connecting indoor and outdoor spaces at this kindergarten in Maebashi, Japan, which architecture studio Hibinosekkei designed to enhance awareness of the changing seasons. More
Architect Frank Gehry has designed a children's institute for no fee in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California, which will provide social services to the local community. More
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a pyramidal timber playhouse in a London garden. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More
Architecture studio De Matos Ryan has created a "treeless treehouse" named Penfold in the garden of a London home, with a pyramidal timber structure that is accessible only by crawling beneath it. More
Our latest lookbook features 10 compact children's bedrooms that use bunk beds to conserve precious space and make more room for play. More
Furry white fabric lines the interior of this winter-themed kid's bedroom, which Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño of Spanish studio Takk have constructed inside their home in Barcelona. More
Students in grade three and four at New York's Trinity School have created a collection of wooden chairs that express their individual personalities, in a module run by art educator Bruce Edelstein. More
Japanese studios Unemori Architects and Teco Architects have turned a commercial building in Kitakami, Japan, into a health and childcare support centre, adding undulating floors and ceilings. More
Design practice Mizzi Studio has completed the interiors of Family Kitchen, a kids' restaurant in Kew Gardens that combines the aesthetics of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a "botanical science laboratory." More
Design studio Almaborealis has created a modular DIY kit containing pieces of fabric in an easy puzzle format that invites children to sew their own clothes. More
Design studio Playfool has created a set of sustainable crayons made entirely from Japanese wood, which was designed to celebrate the unseen colours within a forest's trees. More
Toy designer Luca Boscardin has transformed his colourful line drawings of wild animals into abstract life-sized steel versions for a public playground in Amsterdam. More
House-shaped openings and cheerful hues are found in a New York daycare centre designed by American firms BAAO and 4|MATIV. More
A doughnut-shaped timber "ark" filled with animal sculptures sits at the centre of the recently opened ANOHA children's museum at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. More
Designer Sebastian Cox has designed a treehouse in the English countryside that features scorched larch cladding, a shingled roof and a balustrade of chestnut branches. More
Architecture firms Rosan Bosch Studio and IDOM have developed a school for a campus in Lima, Peru, in which teaching will take place in both indoor and outdoor classrooms. More
Designer Sarit Shani Hay has created Soft Landscape, a sculptural installation of cushioned animals in coastal landscapes for the Design Museum Holon that draws on the architecture of the museum itself. More
Architecture firm Taller Sintesis has completed a series of brick volumes with arched roofs for a large kindergarten in Colombia. More
