Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, was designed by Grafton Architects from Ireland. The confident and contemporary building includes offices for 1,000 professors, five conference halls, lecture theatres, courtyards and concourses. These are all accessible to the public, with offices for teaching staff suspended above.
Vibrant green stripes and angular roofs add character to the exterior of this school that architecture firm CEBRA has completed in Aabybro, Denmark. Aarhus-based CEBRA designed the Aabybro School for the Jammerbugt Municipality, which is located near Aalborg at the very top of the Jutland peninsula. The Aabybro School accommodates around 1,100 children and is […] Read more
Located in the city of Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, the ‘Taksila Roots’ project is part of the local academy’s primary department. It is designed by Dehli-based architect Shaily Gupta with the aim to set the stage for a better educational infrastructure of the country. The symmetrical building comprises several brick blocks connected by an accessible […] Read more
Skop, an architecture firm in Zurich, Switzerland, has completed a self-sufficient school in the Swiss village of Port. Using prefabricated timber construction methods, sustainably sourced wood has been used throughout the school’s design. From an environmental perspective, the building has an air-tight envelope with an energy-efficient ventilation system. Also, operable windows allow natural cross ventilation […] Read more
Students from the Bergen School of Architecture in Norway have built a school building in a Mozambique village using sand bags, bottles and grass. It took 19 architect students five weeks in Southern Africa to build this school building in 12 days. The building consists of an enclosed room for computers and a more flexible space with […] Read more
American architect firm Ennead has completed a new building for the engineering programme at the University of Texas in Austin, USA. Two towers are linked by a central glass volume with diamond-patterned structural supports across its facade. Located on the university’s campus in central Austin, the Engineering Education and Research Center (EERC) houses part of the Cockrell School […] Read more
Even though shipping containers are commonly seen on the backs of trucks, they make perfect schoolrooms as well. You can find them for sale in Perth, New York, London, Cape Town, and just about any other major town or city throughout the world. Their durability makes them ideal for long-term building projects. From North America to Africa and […] Read more
Masahiko Fujimori Architects have designed a creative learning space with colourful façade for the Morinoie Nursery School in Sendai, Japan. ‘We designed an “urban-style” nursery school building that can efficiently accommodate increased numbers of children, while also encouraging their curiosity, creativity, and connection with the local community,‘ the architects describe. Source
The Hangzhou Normal University’s campus planning consists of more than a dozen independent but fully open colleges, whose architectural style is different, forming a rich puzzle. WSP was challenged to design an administrative center, archives, an adult education center, the Institute of Hangzhou Urbanization, a central library, teacher and student activity centers, a hotel and reception […] Read more
Architect J. MAYER H. has completed a new classroom and auditorium building for the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management in Düsseldorf, Germany. Source
