Slovenian firm Svet Vmes Architects has converted the unused entrance of a school in Ljubljana into an undulating green lounge featuring spotty walls and big cushions (+ slideshow). More about Wavy green lounge by Svet Vmes Architects replaces an old school entrance
A series of steel-braced oak staircases and bridges connect the different levels of this extension to the Manchester School of Art by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (+ slideshow). More about Art school extension with wooden stairs and bridges by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
News: following the announcement last month that London architecture studio FAT is to disband this year, founding member Sean Griffiths has been appointed professor of Architecture at the University of Westminster.
Japanese practice k/o design studio has designed a bulbous silver building that adjoins a red-tiled rectilinear tower at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Kawasaki (+ slideshow). More about Silver dome constructed at a Japanese music college
Red brick buildings wrap around an elevated piazza at this education centre in Rwanda by German office Dominikus Stark Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Education centre in Rwanda built from brick and wicker by Dominikus Stark Architekten
French office Topos Architecture used timber cladding and a pitched roof to give this kindergarten in Mayenne, France, a domestic appearance that the architects thought would be more welcoming to children (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad kindergarten with "the silhouette of a house" by Topos Architecture
Rounded lettering frames windows on the facade of this primary school in Bangalore by Indian firm Cadence (+ slideshow). More about Cassata primary school with lettering on its facade by Cadence
This secondary school in Germany by Behnisch Architekten features a spectacular combined quadruple-height atrium and assembly hall (+ slideshow). More about Secondary School Ergolding with quadruple-height assembly hall by Behnisch Architekten
Sinuous balconies surround a multipurpose space at the centre of this language school in the town of Ikast, Denmark, by Scandinavian firm CF Møller. More about International School Ikast-Brande with curving balconies by CF Møller
Brains Unlimited is the name of this recently completed trio of buildings, which provides a neuroscience research facility for Maastricht University in the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about Brains Unlimited neuroscience facility by Wiegerinck
These flat-packed schools have been designed for assembly in Southeast Asia by Californian architects Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa (+ slideshow). More about Moving school by Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa for Building Trust
A playground covering the roof of this kindergarten in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is dotted with wooden obstacles that function as light wells for the nurseries underneath (+ slideshow). More about Mukou Leimondo Nursery School by Archivision Hirotani Studio
Indian studio Khosla Associates used a modular concrete framework, bold colours and perforated terracotta screens to create this climate-sensitive kindergarten in Bangalore, which topped the education category at the Inside Festival awards earlier this month. More about DPS Kindergarten School by Khosla Associates
Here are the first photographs of Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which opened last week in the city's second district. More about Library and Learning Centre in Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects
This engineering research facility at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, by NAPUR Architect has a steel-panelled facade that can fold open to let daylight penetrate the laboratories inside (+ slideshow). More about DEM Power Engineering Demonstration Centre by NAPUR Architect
Coloured storage units that double as cubby-holes and hiding places for children feature in this Stockholm kindergarten by Swedish firm Rotstein Arkitekter. More about Sjötorget Kindergarten by Rotstein Arkitekter
Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business opens today and this animation by London visualisation firm Neutral gives a tour of the building. More about Movie: Library and Learning Centre in Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects
This fly-through animation of Steven Holl's design for a new Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa was created by 3D design students at the school (+ movie). More about Movie: Iowa University Visual Arts Building by Steven Holl
News: leading figures from London's design institutions have warned that new immigration rules which make it harder for international students to stay in the UK after graduation could be a "disaster" for the city. More about New immigration rules are "hugely damaging" for design in London
This bulky concrete school of art, design and architecture was completed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando at the University of Monterrey in Mexico and is one of over 300 projects being showcased this week for the World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about Centro Roberto Garza Sada de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño by Tadao Ando