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Ukraine’s Rebuilding Plans Include 3D-Printed Schools

To speed the recovery of buildings lost to the war, the Ukranian government is getting humanitarian aid in the form of new construction technology.

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Aiming to Engage the Public, DS+R’s New Tianjin Juilliard School Pays Tribute to Its New York Counterpart

The conservatory's transparent and open design includes space for performance, practice, research, and interactive exhibitions.

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Family Resemblance: Two Schools in France Deploy Similar Strategies for Divergent Contexts

The designs of these two lycées in the south of France offer a lesson in form, materiality, and civics.

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A New School Building in Stuttgart Completes the City’s Renowned Ballet Scene

Munich firm Burger Rudacs designed the two faces of the new John Cranko School to interface with the city in contrasting ways.

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How Hacker Architects Put a Middle School on the Path to Net Zero

The Gilkey International Middle School in Portland, Oregon, makes the most of its forest site, harnessing natural light, fresh air, and biophilia.

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In Rwanda, Coffee Farmers Envision a Low-Carbon Pre-Primary School

The interdisciplinary firm Creative Assemblages worked with a community in Rwanda to construct a school with recycled and locally sourced material.

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At Columbia College Chicago, Gensler Turns the Atrium Building Inside Out

The college's new student center reimagines the typically strict delineation between spaces that exist on urban campuses.

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A Film School in Poland Is Built Around a Historic Home

In a bid to save the 19th-century brick tenement, the architects of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School embedded the former's façade into the latter.

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The University of Monterrey’s Newly Landscaped Campus is a Departure for the Car-Centered City

Designed by American firm SWA, the area includes plantings and pedestrian routes that envelop buildings by the likes of Tadao Ando.

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An International Design Team Crafts a Sustainable School Campus in Zagreb

The building, by Flansburgh Architects and SANGRAD+AVP, abuts a beloved public park and has become one of the most energy-efficient schools in the EU.

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The University of Miami’s New Architecture School Offers Teachable Moments in Concrete

The Arquitectonica-designed neo-Brutalist structure is an unmitigatedly open shed in which to host studios and foster a design culture.

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Perched on Hong Kong’s Steep Cliffs, a New Academic Center Harnesses Its Sweeping Views

The center, designed by Revery Architecture for the University of Chicago, also integrates historic structures into its architecture.

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Facing a Tight Budget, a California School Transformed Its Architecture With Color

The 800-student Caliber ChangeMakers Academy, built for $144 per square foot, saw architects, a nonprofit, and students collaborate on a vibrant color palette.

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School in Remote Corner of Brazil Wins the 2018 RIBA International Prize

The 270,000-square-foot Children’s Village, designed by São Paulo–based firms Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum, was selected by a panel that included Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima.

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A Minimalist School Addition Helps a British School Reconnect with Its Landscape

Years of ad hoc expansions has cut off St Teresa’s boarding school from nature, but new buildings by London-based IF_DO aim to turn the tide.

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Back to School: 7 New Schools and Academic Buildings We Love

It's Fall, and as students are settling into another academic year, we're taking a look at some of the best and brightest education projects from the world-over.

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Stallan-Brand Designs Dramatic 56-Foot-Long Cantilever for a School in Scotland

Soaring 34 feet above an outdoor play area, the Broomlands Primary School's larch-clad canopy was inspired by the pitched roofs of local vernacular architecture.