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Studio Gang begins construction on Parisian university built with 50 per cent natural materials

March 26, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris. The University of Chicago John W Boyer Center was designed by Studio Gang in accordance with the French sustainability law requiring new public buildings to be built from at least

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Heatherwick Studio’s first South American building to feature basketry-informed facade

March 21, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

UK architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has unveiled designs for its first building in South America, a university building with colourful, undulating columns informed by indigenous weaving practices. Located in Bogotá, along the city’s Calle 72 thoroughfare, the seven-storey building will be part of the Universidad Ean and will host the school of sustainable design and

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MoDus Architects wraps South Tyrol kindergarten in tartan pattern for “warmth and familiarity”

March 21, 2024 Andreea Popovici 0

Architecture studio MoDus Architects has extended a daycare in the town of Terlano, Italy, to create the Tartan School nursery, kindergarten and youth centre. The small South Tyrolean town is surrounded by orchards and vineyards, which the studio used to inform the nursery’s appearance. “The school derives its name from the plaster facade of the

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Cannon Design draws on “essence of Michigan forests” for university building

March 19, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and “prioritized inclusion”, drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Cannon Design completed the 163,000-square foot (15140-square metre) Western Michigan University Student Center in 2023. “The primary concept of the building was

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Architects for Gaza plans to deliver free education to architecture students in Gaza

March 18, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Online group Architects for Gaza has launched the Gaza Global University to offer free education to architecture students impacted by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Architects for Gaza (AFG), which is led by architects and University of Westminster educators Nasser Golzari and Yara Sharif, revealed it was establishing Gaza Global University earlier this month. AFG plans to

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Witherford Watson Mann Architects adds brick-and-timber River Wing extension to Cambridge college

March 15, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British architecture studio Witherford Watson Mann has inserted an oak-framed structure into a narrow site within the Grade I-listed Clare College at Cambridge University. Originally built in 1326 and then reconstructed in 1785, the 1,060-square-metre college needed an update to improve its accessibility, escape routes and services, as well as more flexible space to house

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Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke design modular study pavilion for German university

March 14, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Berlin-based architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke have created a modular and demountable steel-framed pavilion for the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. Located centrally within the campus at a junction of existing pathways, the 1,000-square-metre gridded structure was designed to create flexible and non-hierarchical spaces for students to learn, study and socialise in a

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Powerhouse Company completes Europe’s first mass-timber academic building

March 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, is “the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood”. Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg, the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone. The main structure and internal

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Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture organise French school around planted courtyard

February 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Gabled concrete forms surround a planted courtyard at Samuel Paty School in Béziers, France, created by local studios Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture. Located in the city’s Devèze district, the single-storey school is designed by Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture to balance well-lit, navigable spaces with a feeling of enclosure and privacy for those inside.

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Allies and Morrison completes “21st-century factory” for London College of Fashion

February 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British architecture studio Allies and Morrison has completed a university building for London College of Fashion at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. Conceived as a “21st-century factory”, the London College of Fashion (LCF) building is defined by its gridded concrete structure and a rectilinear facade lined with tall warehouse-style windows. “We think of

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