Yellow and orange louvres add stripes of colour to the utilitarian facade of this school in Spain, but also allow teachers and pupils to adjust levels of shade and ventilation (+ slideshow). More about La Canaleta School by 2260mm features a facade of colourful louvres
Work has begun on the new "School of Genius" campus in New York City, which aims to boost the city's burgeoning tech industry (+ slideshow). More about New York's Cornell Tech campus will include buildings by Morphosis and Weiss/Manfredi
An amphitheatre-style staircase forms the heart of this adult learning centre in Denmark, which architecture studio CEBRA said was inspired by the "circles and ovals" of Disney characters like Mickey Mouse (+ slideshow). More about Adult education centre with an "amphi-staircase" draws inspiration from Mickey Mouse
This cultural centre in the Spanish town of Alcobendas comprises an elevated concrete structure supported by rows of pillars and a pair of grand public courtyards (+ slideshow). More about Rafael de La-Hoz elevates a cultural centre around two plazas in Alcobendas
Set against a background of mature trees in rural Portugal, this primary school is separated into a series of brick structures intended to help fragment the building and lessen its impact on the landscape (+ slideshow). More about Brick blocks hold separate classrooms at Fonte de Angeão School by Miguel Marcelino
Dutch studio Kaan Architecten has added a medical research centre to a Rotterdam hospital, featuring triangular skylights, spiral staircases and a 35-metre-high bookcase (+ movie). More about Kaan Architecten adds study centre to a hospital part-designed by Jean Prouvé
This Paris nursery by French architect Samuel Delmas looks like a pile of stacked boxes, featuring a facade of aluminium louvres and colourful enamelled glass (+ slideshow). More about Parisian nursery by Samuel Delmas consists of a pile of irregularly stacked boxes
A cookery school is housed behind the glazed facade of this contemporary shed, recently completed by Satellite Architects at the headquarters of British TV programme River Cottage (+ slideshow). More about Satellite Architects adds a new cookery school to the River Cottage headquarters
This kindergarten was designed by Suga Architects Office to make the most of a hemmed-in city plot and features a rooftop vegetable garden, a courtyard playground and a double-height playroom (+ slideshow). More about Takeno Nursery by Suga Architects Office hides a two-storey garden behind its wooden walls
Dutch architecture office UNStudio has completed the first two buildings of a major new university campus in Singapore, designed as a seamless network of rooms, balconies and courtyards (+ slideshow). More about UNStudio completes first buildings for new Singapore university campus
A triangular courtyard is contained at the centre of this three-sided high school in South Korea by Nameless Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Triangle School by Nameless Architecture has a three-sided courtyard at its centre
This concrete pavilion built in the centre of a Polish quarry is a paleontological research centre that protects the remains of a small prehistoric reptile discovered in the 1980s (+ slideshow). More about Paleontology centre inside a quarry exhibits the bones of a prehistoric reptile
Zaha Hadid has completed a new facility for the University of Oxford – a centre for studying Middle Eastern culture, conceived by the architect as a reflective tunnel suspended in space (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid adds a shimmery steel tunnel to an Oxford University college
Automated shutters are used to regulate the internal climate of this environmental science and palaeontology research centre for a university near Barcelona (+ slideshow). More about Palaeontology research centre wrapped in computer-controlled shutters
Influenced by ecclesiastical and monastic architecture, this school building in Somerset, England features a row of brick gables that sit on top of a concrete colonnade (+ slideshow). More about Feilden Fowles reinterprets classical typologies for red brick school building in Somerset
The Japanese island of Miyako-jima is prone to frequent typhoons, so this kindergarten was planned by studios Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro to offer children protection from heavy rain and flying debris (+ slideshow). More about Hanazono Kindergarten designed to endure typhoons and offer outdoor play spaces
Chinese studio MAD has unveiled its design for a kindergarten enshrouded beneath a cloak of asphalt shingles, which is now under construction in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. More about MAD to drape new skin over a house "like a piece of cloth" to transform it into a nursery
BIG has completed its second addition to a school in Denmark – an art school beneath a football field that joins the underground gymnasium with a humped courtyard on its roof (+ slideshow). More about BIG follows up sunken sports hall with an art school beneath a football field
A four-storey concrete framework extends into a courtyard to mark the entrance to this new engineering faculty building designed by John McAslan + Partners for a university in northern England (+ slideshow). More about Concrete columns frame the entrance to John McAslan's Lancaster University building
Gardens are slotted into gaps between the wings of this Beijing school by Open Architecture, and extend over mounds containing a subterranean swimming pool and an auditorium (+ slideshow). More about Open Architecture completes a "free-form" Beijing school surrounded by gardens