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Roskilde Festival Folk High School by MVRDV and COBE, renovated cement factory, alternative high school in Denmark, alternative school in Roskilde, ROCKmagneten masterplan, ROCKmagneten folk high school

Former concrete factory begins anew as an alternative high school with no curriculum

A former concrete factory west of Copenhagen has taken its first steps towards transformation into an experimental...

1+1>2 architects, Jungle Flower by 1+1>2, Lung Luong elementary school, Jungle Flower school, Jungle Flower school in Lung Luong, school design by 1+1>2, north Vietnam projects by 1+1>2, rammed earth school, bamboo school, Thai Nguyen Province school

Rammed earth school in Vietnam blooms like a colorful jungle flower

The far reaches of northern Vietnam are beautiful but heartbreakingly poor. Children of the Hmong ethnic minority...

Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture, Jean Moulin High School, green roof, french architecture, school design, nature-inspired architecture, green space, green roofs schools, sustainable design, green design, school renovations, green renovations,

Amazing green-roofed school melts into the mountains of France

In the 1960s, the Jean Moulin High School in Revin, France was artfully tucked into the town's grass-covered hills....

Center of Hope Haiti, Thrive Architecture, Building Goodness Foundation, haiti earthquake, buiding in haiti, haiti schools, haiti rebuild, school design, humanitarian design, LED lighting, energy conservation, passive energy, recycled insulation, repurposed styrofoam, locally-sourced materials, green building materials, upcycled building materials

Haiti renovation project boosts community using local labor and materials

Nothing warms our design-loving hearts like a project built by and for communities, and with local resources to...

CVDB Arquitectos, Braamcamp Freire Secondary School, school renovation, Portugal, Modernization of Secondary Schools Programme, Pontinha secondary school renovation, CVDB Arquitectos, Braamcamp Freire Secondary School renovation Portugal, color and education

Portuguese secondary school renovation brings color and light to the learning experience

Located at the edge of the historical center of Pontinha, Lisbon, the school spans 185,000 square feet. It is...

typhoons, Taiwan, Japan, children's architecture, architecture for kids, Japanese architecture, school design, school architecture, weather-related design, weather architecture

Japan’s Hanazono Kindergarten was designed to keep kids safe during typhoons

The two-story building uses a framework is of steel-reinforced concrete to withstand the dramatic conditions of...

Belus & Hénocq Architectes, Maison d'Education de la Légion d'Honneur, Saint Denis Boarding School, timber architecture, timber clad buildings, french archictects, school design, educational buildings, urban design, wooden buildings, timber buildings,

French architects create stunning timber addition to historic Parisian boarding school

Founded by the French emperor Napoléon Bonaparte and inaugurated in 1811, the renowned school sits in a park adjacent...

South Harbor School, Copenhagen, JJW Architects, educational architecture, Denmark, school design, public space, natural light, green architecture

Copenhagen’s South Harbor School rises from the sidewalk to promote community

The building is located in a densely populated area that required additional educational facilities. As the new...

Earth Design + Build Workshop Sierra Leone 2016, building trust, Building Trust International, design build workshops, green design build workshops, green design workshops, eco design workshops, volunteer workshops in africa, green volunteer programs in Africa, humanitarian design, green design, sustainable design, cinva ram brick making, wall building and brick laying with natural mortars, soil testing and stabilization, rammed earth form work and compacting, lime plastering, Sierra Leone, school design, green school design

Join Building Trust’s 2016 workshop for a chance to design + build a new school hall in Sierra Leone

Those looking to gain experience in the field of architecture and humanitarian design will have the chance to partake...

Academy for Global Citizenship by Studio Gang Architects, Academy for Global Citizenship Chicago, AGC Chicago school, urban farming school, schools teach kids how to grow food, urban farming curriculum, plus-energy school, sustainable school Chicago

Studio Gang’s Chicago farm school will teach kids how to grow their own organic food

Located in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge neighborhood, the AGC is a fast-growing K-8 Public Charter School that will...

Nursery Fields Forever, urban farming preschool, AWR International Ideas Competition winner, urban farming in education,

Farming preschool would teach kids how to grow their own food

Part farm and part school, “Nursery Fields Forever” offers three approaches to learning: learning from nature,...

CEBRA, green school, school design, learning spaces, educational architecture, community center, Russia, landcape architecture, ridged roof, school campus, discabled children, social design

CEBRA’s Smart School Meadow is an inclusive learning space that doubles as community center in Russia

The new school campus will be located in Irkutsk, Russia. The project aims to expand the classical use of learning...

BOARD, Rotterdam, Germany, green extension, green school, school design, lightweight structure, bridge building, green architecture, school extension

BOARD designs a column-free lightweight bridge extension for a school in Germany

The new column-free addition facilitates both spatial and functional merging of the two existing schools and attempts...

PAN Architecture, Marseille’s Architecture School, prefab Marseille Architecture School, Marseille Architecture School extension, PAN Architecture Marseille Architecture School

Wood and metal sandwich panels clad PAN Architects’ striking Marseille Architecture School extension

The extension references the existing buildings and covered bridges on campus, designed in the 1960s by architect...

primary school, school design, green school, Miguel Ángel García-Pola Vallejo, Spain, rainwater, flexible design, modular design, modular architecture, prefab architecture

Tubular school canteen made from 4 prefab modules pops up in 90 days

The four modules of the 226-square-meter structure were fabricated a few kilometers from the campus and then transported...

Mikou Studio, Zero Energy School France, Saint-Ouen Zero Energy School, sustainable schools, energy efficient building, solar canopies, solar design, canopy design, French architecture, sustainable buildings Paris, school design, passive sustainability, daylit school Paris, Paris architecture

Mikou Studio Unveils Daylit Zero Energy Docks School Near Paris

The Docks school is located in the middle of an urban complex-a strategically chosen site that optimizes the configuration...

Hilden Grange Prep School, Hawkins\Brown, Prefab school UK, School design, green school design, redevelopment UK, Victorian buildings UK, sustainable building, BREEAM rating, BREEAM certification, Alpha Plus Group

HawkinsBrown Unveils New Green-Roofed Prefab Prep School in Kent, UK

The school which is run by Alpha Plus Group is reserved for children aged three to thirteen and is located upon...

Marknagil Education Center, BIG Architects, Faroe Islands education center, educational architecture, school design, education center design, vortex architecture, Fuglark Architects, architecture competitions

BIG Breaks Ground on Daylit Marknagil Education Center in the Faroe Islands

BIG just broke ground on the daylit, vortex-shaped Marknagil Education Center, which is set to be one of the biggest...

Newtown shooting, Columbine school shooting, school violence, school design, educational architecture, safer schools, fortress-like architecture, school safety regulations

Could Changes in School Design Prevent Future Attacks?

Since the Sandy Hook elementary school shootings a few weeks ago, there have been extensive public debates on gun...

Tongjiang Primary School, Rufwork, Joshua Bolchover, John Lin, Jiangxi, Rural China, Recycled Bricks, Sustainable Architecture, Innovative Construction, Waste Materials

Tongjiang Primary School in Rural China is Made from Recycled Bricks

A good design should use as few resources as possible, and one of the best ways to achieve that is to build a structure...

Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, green design, LEED certified, LEED gold, inhabitat, inhabitatnyc, new york city, manhattan, school design, eco design, sustainable design, educational design, autism, autistic students, solar gain, energy-efficient, solar screen

LearningSpring School for Autistic Students in NYC Earns LEED Gold Certification

The new interior facility accommodates the specific social, physical, and educational needs of those it serves....

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