Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area's traditional wooden villas. More about AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs
UK studio Jestico + Whiles has unveiled the John Gray School in the Cayman Islands, which also functions as a community space and hurricane shelter. More about Jestico + Whiles creates Cayman Islands school that doubles as hurricane shelter
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a performing arts centre designed by Dutch Studio Krft. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features a "bulging" arts centre at Brighton College
A combination of grey brick and flint clads the sculptural exterior of this performing arts centre, which Dutch studio Krft has created for a college in Brighton, UK. More about Krft sculpts "bulging" form for Brighton College arts centre
Architecture practice Remix Studio has completed a campus for Futian High School in Shenzhen, designed as a "city in the city" and linked by colourful walkways and bridges. More about Remix Studio elevates school campus in Shenzhen on public podium
Scottish practices Loader Monteith and Studio SJM have completed The Harmeny Learning Hub outside Edinburgh, which is clad in larch to blend in with its woodland surroundings. More about Loader Monteith and Studio SJM create woodland school in Scotland
Gabled concrete forms surround a planted courtyard at Samuel Paty School in Béziers, France, created by local studios Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture. More about Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture organise French school around planted courtyard
French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes referenced fossils for the textured stone facade of the Auguste Benedict School, which is designed to appear as though it has "emerged from the earth". More about Amelia Tavella Architectes completes limestone-clad school in southern France
French studio Vurpas Architectes has converted a 1960s market building to create Eugénie Brazier, a primary school and nursery in Lyon. More about Vurpas Architectes transforms French market with "childlike quality" into primary school
Shaped cutouts cast playful shadows across Talaricheruvu Rural School, which Indian studio CollectiveProject has transformed from an existing school building in southern India. More about CollectiveProject shades renovated Indian school with expansive bamboo canopy
Double-height balconies and outdoor teaching spaces enliven the facades of The British School in Tokyo, which architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed in Japan. More about Outdoor learning spaces animate Azabudai Hills school by Heatherwick Studio
A school with colourful volumes and sinuous curves by Trace Architecture Office won Dezeen Awards China 2023 Architecture project of the year, as seen in this movie produced by Dezeen. More about Dezeen Awards China architecture project of the year "opens up new possibilities"
PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos have transformed a building at a former Catholic college into the School at Marygrove Elementary, filling it with colours and shapes that help spark "experimentation and exploration" among children. More about PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos convert historic Detroit building into colourful school
Intersecting blockwork walls and an overhanging zinc roof characterise Simba Vision Montessori School in rural Tanzania by local studio Architectural Pioneering Consultants and Wolfgang Rossbauer. More about Architectural Pioneering Consultants and Wolfgang Rossbauer use local materials for a school in Tanzania
Old and new buildings wrap around a stepped courtyard in this central London school, which has been renovated by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. More about Hawkins\Brown completes transformation of historic Central Foundation Boys' School
The conversion of an abandoned radio station into Houlton School near Rugby, UK, has won RIBA's inaugural Reinvention Award. More about Converted radio station by Van Heyningen & Haward Architects wins first-ever RIBA Reinvention Award
Branch Studio Architects has created a dusty-pink student welfare centre at an all-boys school in Melbourne to provide a space for discussing mental health. More about Branch Studio Architects designs student welfare space for Melbourne college
Following the start of a new academic year in much of the world, searches for school buildings have seen a 60 per cent increase on Pinterest. Here are 11 striking examples from our boards. More about Eleven vibrant schools from Dezeen's Pinterest
Local studio Hacker Architects has renovated and expanded a 60-year-old athletic facility at the Oregon Episcopal School, aiming to make it an "inclusive, equitable and future-forward campus hub". More about Hacker references nearby woods in revamp of athletic centre at Portland school
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 about Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California