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Haller Gut Architekten adds “light and delicate” extension to Swiss school

August 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Swiss studio Haller Gut Architekten has completed an extension to a school in Aeschi, providing classrooms with colourful accents and clad in thin planks of white wood. Haller Gut Architekten added additional teaching and administrative spaces to the school, which was originally spread across four detached buildings from different decades. Instead of creating a new,

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Underground schools “to create safe conditions” for children in Ukraine

August 16, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Construction is underway on ten underground schools in the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine, designed to protect thousands of children against Russian air raids. Local authorities in Zaporizhzhia are creating bunkers to provide safe in-person learning facilities for children living through the war that was triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The goal is

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EFFEKT and MAST design floating platform for marine park in Denmark

August 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Sømærket is a proposal for a floating pavilion in Denmark, which local studios EFFEKT and MAST have designed to be towed between cities to “raise awareness about the underwater world”. The pyramidal structure will float on a barge and incorporate an underwater exhibition space for visitors to learn about the Nature Park Lillebælt – the

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Handel Architects completes “the largest Passive House building in Canada”

August 12, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

A university building in Toronto by Handel Architects has received formal recognition as a Passive House project, making it “the largest Passive House building in Canada”. Harmony Commons is a dormitory building at the University of Toronto Scarborough that accommodates 746 first-year students and contains a dining hall and offices. Located in the northern area of

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NBBJ completes nature-infused California school for neurodiverse students

August 2, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Staggered volumes organised around a rounded courtyard form the net-zero Westmark Lower School, which was designed by architecture studio NBBJ to “reduce anxiety and stress” for students with learning differences. Located in the southern California town of Encino, the facility is part of the larger Westmark School, which serves children with learning challenges such as

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Sam Jacob gives “soft brutalist” University of Kent building a modern makeover

July 26, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Sam Jacob Studio has refurbished a 1960s building at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, using playful architectural references and bright colours to add layers of “wit and delight” to the existing interiors. The project provides teaching spaces for the university’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning, which is part of a

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Texas A&M Architecture students reveal end-of-year designs in Dezeen video

July 22, 2024 Sonia Singh 0

Texas A&M Department of Architecture students showcased their end-of-year projects in an exhibition held on the university’s campus, as revealed in this video created by Dezeen for the programme. The exhibition at Texas A&M is an annual event highlighting student design projects and faculty research initiatives. This year’s showcase included models, drawings, renderings and animations

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Danielle Brustman designs Harbour Early Learning facility to “inspire delight and joy”

July 15, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bold colours and graphic elements that represent the sea and sky add personality and context to the interiors of this Sydney children’s centre by Australian designer Danielle Brustman. Brustman was responsible for the interior package of the Harbour Early Learning educational facility, which is situated in the city’s Vaucluse suburb and aims to connect children

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Studio Saar wraps cultural centre with perforated marble screens

July 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated screens of white marble filter light and air into the Third Space learning and cultural centre in Udaipur, India, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Saar. Created for non-profit organisation Dharohar, the centre was designed as a “third space” between home and school, providing local children and the wider community with a

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AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs

July 9, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

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. Located in a former military garrison that is being converted into a residential area, AOR Architects designed the three-storey building to be a landmark

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