A grid of louvred doors and shutters form the exterior of this model-making workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico, allowing enough natural ventilation to prevent dangerous fumes from building up inside (+ slideshow). More about University model-making workshop by Atelier ARS features walls that fold open
Wavy panels of anodised aluminium conceal ventilation channels within the facade of this university science facility in Bristol, England, by British architecture firm Sheppard Robson (+ slideshow). More about Rippling aluminium fronts Bristol university laboratories by Sheppard Robson
This eight-storey tower covered in golden louvres and raised up on pilotis accommodates new academic and research facilities for Deakin University in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about Woods Bagot adds elevated golden tower to Melbourne's Deakin University
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed a university building in Singapore made up of 12 towers that resemble giant parsnips (+ slideshow). More about Heatherwick's textured-tower university building completes in Singapore
News: work has begun on a redevelopment of Budapest's Central European University by Irish firm O'Donnell + Tuomey, winners of this year's RIBA Royal Gold Medal (+ slideshow). More about Construction starts on O'Donnell + Tuomey's Budapest university redesign
Hundreds of thin wooden strips cover the facade of this university building by Japanese firm Kengo Kuma and Associates, while a cavernous opening at ground level frames a view of a park behind (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma creates facade of wooden strips for University of Tokyo computing facility
News: Frank Gehry's new teaching and research facility for Sydney's University of Technology has now opened, and has been described as "the most beautiful squashed brown paper bag" (+ slideshow). More about Frank Gehry's "paper bag" business school opens in Sydney
The base of this sports university building in Portugal by architect Pedro Reis is a concrete plinth set into a hillside, while a long white box above contains classrooms (+ slideshow). More about University building by Pedro Reis combines a white box with a rough concrete base
A square wall with a bell in one corner fronts this chapel for a spiritual retreat in Virginia by Dynerman Architects, concealing the building's true gabled form behind (+ slideshow). More about University chapel by Dynerman Architects hides its true form behind a square wall
News: parts of Zaha Hadid Architects' Library and Learning Centre in Vienna have been cordoned off after a piece of concrete cladding fell off. More about Cladding panel falls off Zaha Hadid's Vienna library
Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond teamed up to complete this new student centre for Erasmus University in Rotterdam, which features a transparent exterior and a curving oak interior (+ movie). More about "Egg in a box" student pavilion unveiled at Erasmus University
Behind the aluminium facade of this innovation centre for the University of Toronto Mississauga, local office Moriyama & Teshima Architects has converted a courtyard into a rotunda with a glass roof (+ slideshow). More about Courtyard becomes rotunda inside Toronto university building by Moriyama & Teshima
Behind a traditional limestone facade, Heneghan Peng's new architecture school for the University of Greenwich is a four-storey composition of steel and glass centred around a double-height critique room (+ movie). More about Heneghan Peng's Greenwich architecture school has a restrained exterior and a modern interior
Inside Festival 2014: architect and professor Sawako Kaijima explains how she created a research and gallery space with "completely diffused lighting" in our next exclusive movie from this year's Inside Festival. More about Singapore university research centre ceiling consists of "6,000 moveable lights"
News: Frank Gehry has completed his first building in Australia – the Dr Chau Chak Wing building at Sydney's University of Technology, set to open in early 2015 (photos by Peter Bennetts). More about Frank Gehry's Sydney business school completed ahead of 2015 opening
Elliptical openings create huge lightwells through the seven storeys of the Helsinki University Library by Anttinen Oiva Architects – another runner up from the first Finlandia Prize for Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Curving voids pierce the floors of Anttinen Oiva Architects' Helsinki library
This concrete innovation centre at a Chilean university by Santiago studio Elemental has deep recessed windows designed to cool its network of communal interior spaces (+ slideshow). More about Giant openings puncture Elemental's "monolithic" concrete innovation centre
Hundreds of terracotta panels shade the sunny northern facade of this new engineering building at the University of Queensland in Australia, designed by architects Richard Kirk and Hassell (+ slideshow). More about The University of Queensland opens engineering facility with a louvred terracotta facade
News: Brazilian studio OSPA has won a competition to design a sports education campus in Porto Alegre, with a proposal that includes a floating football pitch (+ slideshow). More about Football pitch hovers above basketball courts in winning UFCSPA campus design
Moveable timber fins cover the top five storeys of this university technology centre by French architects Badia Berger to modulate light and shade inside. More about Mantois Technology Centre by Badia Berger Architectes features moveable timber shutters