Studio Lentala designs playful children's chairs to "enable active sitting"
Amsterdam-based Studio Lentala has designed the Rom & Lupa chairs to improve children's physical and mental health. More
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Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritises low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco. More
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"The Indian architecture education system seems to be fundamentally broken" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Wallmakers founder Vinu Daniel's "elitist" defence of unpaid internships. More
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Kiln-like lightwells define Danish learning centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Two pyramidal forms modelled on baker's kilns animate Kornets Hus, a learning centre in Denmark designed by architecture studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter. More
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UCSB begins search for alternatives to mostly windowless Munger Hall dormitory
The University of California has commenced an application process for studios to design student housing for its campus, in what appears to be a move away from its controversial Munger Hall dormitory announced in 2021. More
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BE_Design uses angular woven screens to shelter leadership centre in Rwanda
The geometric patterns of Rwandan Imigongo art informed the angular, woven forms of the Komera Leadership Centre, which has been designed by architecture studio BE_Design. More
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Henning Larsen references ancient construction methods for Faroe Islands university building
Danish practice Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled its plans for a mass-timber university building on the Faroe Islands that draws on historic Faroese settlements and ancient North Atlantic island vernacular. More
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Mountains inform rooflines at boarding school in southern California
American firm Gensler and an in-house team at the Swiss company EF Education First have updated a historic school campus in Pasadena by renovating buildings and adding new dormitories with roofs that allude to a nearby mountain range. More
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Glazed "street" cuts through university science centre in Paris by Bernard Tschumi Architects
A glazed internal "street" and bridges link the spaces of the Henri Moissan centre for biology, pharmacy and chemistry, which has been completed by Bernard Tschumi Architects and Groupe-6. More
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Toyo Ito completes "largest wooden building in Asia"
Japanese architect Toyo Ito has completed Gaia, a six-storey business school at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore that is built almost entirely from mass timber. More
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Aga Khan Academy Dhaka wraps around "friendly outdoor learning areas"
Decorative brick-clad buildings fold around courtyards at the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, a boarding school in Bangladesh designed by British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with architecture studio Shatotto Architecture for Green Living. More
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Pearson Lloyd rethinks classroom furniture to suit Gen Z learning
Modern classrooms require new types of furniture, says industrial design studio Pearson Lloyd, which has developed a collection geared towards next-generation learning. More
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Intersecting coloured blocks "celebrate creativity" in Chinese school
Brightly coloured volumes and sweeping curves create a playful atmosphere in the Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School, which Trace Architecture Office has added to the Chinese island of Hainan. More
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Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw and Architekton
Architecture studios Grimshaw and Architekton looked to natural elements such as rocks and saguaro cacti while designing the Walton Center of Planetary Health at Arizona State University. More
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Colectivo C733 tops brick music school with soaring timber roof in Mexico
Mexican studio Colectivo C733 has created a brick music school in Nacajuca, Mexico that includes two structures and a lofty, cantilevered roof made of coconut wood. More
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LOHA creates dance school within historic orange-packing building in southern California
Architectural studio LOHA has transformed an agricultural building in California into the light-filled Sandi Simon Center for Dance with polycarbonate walls that evoke the "ephemeral nature of performance". More
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FLORA is a mass-timber research pavilion in Barcelona's forest canopy
A team of students and researchers from Barcelona's Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has built a hillside timber pavilion with hanging walkways nestled in the trees. More
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Conservatoire of Music and Dance by PPA Architectures features pleated metal sunscreen
French studio PPA Architectures has designed a specialist facility dedicated to music and dance with a pleated white metal facade on the outskirts of Toulouse, France. More
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"Unwise" architectural education reform plan could result in the "closure of schools" says RIBA
The Royal Institute of British Architects has stated its opposition to the Architects Registration Board's proposed architectural education reform plans that would scrap the current three-part structure. More
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"Playful and accessible spaces" wrap courtyard at Wayair School by Jeju Studio
Classrooms and social spaces are arranged around a tree-filled courtyard at this school, created by Polish practice Jeju Studio for a refugee community in Tanzania. More
