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PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos convert historic Detroit building into colourful school

November 10, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos have transformed a building at a former Catholic college into the School at Marygrove Elementary, filling it with colours and shapes that help spark “experimentation and exploration” among children. Located in northwest Detroit, the building is part of the School at Marygrove, a new educational institution that will eventually serve students

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Laidlaw Music Centre designed from “the point of view of the performer”

November 9, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

This video by Stephenson& offers a glimpse inside Laidlaw Music Centre by architecture studio Flanagan Lawrence, which is in the running for this year’s RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The film is the second in a series of videos being published by Dezeen this month with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in

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Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group create “floating” classrooms for John Hopkins University

November 7, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

New York-based studios Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group have completed the renovation of an academic building for Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC with “floating” classrooms at its core. Called the John Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the 435,000-square-foot (40,400 square metre) building will serve as an interdisciplinary educational and event centre for the university and

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Perkins&Will crowns Californian research centre with series of greenhouses

November 1, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Perkins&Will has placed a series of greenhouses on top of a concrete structure to create this agricultural research centre in California. Called Riverside Plant Research One 1, the two-storey structure was created for the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) at the University of California Riverside campus east of Los Angeles. The

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Architectural Pioneering Consultants uses local materials for school in Tanzania

October 31, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Intersecting blockwork walls and an overhanging zinc roof characterise Simba Vision Montessori School in rural Tanzania by local studio Architectural Pioneering Consultants. Located in Ngabobo Village between Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro, the two-storey school exists to support members of the Maasai tribes who are slowly shifting their traditional semi-nomadic lifestyles to more permanent settlements.

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Hawkins\Brown completes transformation of historic Central Foundation Boys’ School

October 27, 2023 Katie Last 0

Old and new buildings wrap around a stepped courtyard in this central London school, which has been sensitively renovated by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. Founded in 1866, the Central Foundation Boys’ School features a selection of historic buildings, such as a chapel that the studio converted into arts-focused teaching spaces. Prior to the renovation, the facilities

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Yukawa Design Lab arranges Shirasagi Children’s Library around playful wooden steps

October 26, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Yukawa Design Lab has created a children’s library overlooking Shirasagi Park in Sakai, Japan. Connected by a bridge to the neighbouring park, Yukawa Design Lab designed the timber-framed building with large windows to connect it to the green space. On the ground floor, the 192-square-metre building has an infant zone and cafe along with outdoor

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Branch Studio Architects designs student welfare space for Melbourne college

October 17, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Branch Studio Architects has created a dusty-pink student welfare centre at an all-boys school in Melbourne to provide a space for discussing mental health. Marcellin College principal Marco Di Cesare saw a need to offer a space where students could come together and seek help for mental health issues, particularly after Australia’s state of Victoria

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completes “scholarly, welcoming” arts faculty at University of Warwick

October 12, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

UK practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed a terracotta-clad home for the University of Warwick Faculty of Arts, near Coventry, which is one of six schemes shortlisted for the 2023 Stirling Prize. Bringing together the arts faculty’s various departments under one roof, the building was designed to “promote and enable collaboration, creativity and innovation”. Conceived as

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LMN Architects connects learning centre with alumininium walkways

October 9, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has created a university building in Santa Barbara, California, with two separate volumes connected by a series of walkways clad in perforated aluminium. Called the Interactive Learning Pavilion, it is the first building to be built on the University of California Santa Barbara’s campus in more than 50 years. The structure

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