New BU academic tower will be 100% free from fossil fuels
To advance a Climate Action Plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2040, Boston University has recently broken ground...
BIG’s LEED Gold-seeking school in Arlington features a cascade of green terraces
After five years in the making, BIG has completed The Heights, a new public school building in Arlington, Virginia...
LAVA designs carbon-neutral LIFE Hamburg with an edible green roof
LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) has teamed up with urban agricultural collective Cityplot to design...
Archstorming announces winning proposals for a school made of recycled plastic in Mexico
Architectural competitions platform Archstorming recently presented the winners of its “Tulum Plastic School”...
Passive solar school in Indonesia celebrates the natural landscape
In the Indonesian city of Tangerang, Jakarta-based design studio RAW Architecture has completed the School of Alfa...
A guide to going green for the back-to-school season
As summer comes to a close, our focus shifts to back-to-school. There’s so much to do between registering, shopping,...
Rammed earth Kopila Valley School is the “greenest school in Nepal”
In Nepal, access to education doesn’t just improve job prospects — schools can save lives, whether it’s rescuing...
Timber-clad Polish kindergarten encourages kids to play on the green roof
A recently completed kindergarten in Poland is giving children a new way to reconnect with the outdoors and stellar...
RIBA crowns Children Village in Brazil as the world’s best new building
On the edge of a rainforest in northern Brazil, a recently built school complex by Brazilian architecture firms...
BIG and WeWork design a nature-inspired school for kids in NYC
Creative co-working giant WeWork and acclaimed architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group have teamed up to reimagine...
This solar-powered school produces enough surplus energy to power 50 homes
This timber elementary school and kindergarten in Switzerland boasts more than just good looks — the School in...
China’s first Slow Food Village will promote local foods and traditions
Rural-urban migration in China is at an all-time high, with experts estimating an influx of 243 million migrants...
Magical new classroom reconnects children with nature in the UK
Dramatic swooping roofs top this new timber-clad building designed by Studio Weave for Belvue School, a secondary...
Zaha Hadid Architects designs robot-assisted vaulted classrooms for China
Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled designs for Lushan Primary School that blends forward-thinking construction techniques...
New school in India will prioritize happiness and emotional intelligence
You won't find the students at Riverbend School near Chennai, India in a traditional classroom - they might be...
Nature-based preschool trend flourishes across the United States
Over 250 nature-based preschools have popped up across the United States, according to a recent survey cited by...
Solar-powered school will teach children how to grow and cook their own food
C.F. Møller and Tredje Natur have unveiled new renderings for the New Islands Brygge School, an innovative lower-secondary...
BIG and WeWork reveal plans for interactive WeGrow kindergarten in New York City
International startup WeWork is expanding beyond its co-working roots with a public kindergarten in New York...
Historic train shed transformed into Tasmanian School for Architecture
A stellar example of adaptive reuse is being used to house and teach students at the University of Tasmania School...
New super concrete makes buildings strong enough to withstand magnitude 9 earthquakes
Recent natural disasters such as hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico have laid bare the need...
C.F. Møller Architects designs Danish school that optimizes learning through design
The built environment has a huge role in shaping our lives, especially when it comes to learning. With that principle...
Solar-powered Colorado school houses a sun-soaked learning environment
It’s hard to compete with the gorgeous views of Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, but architecture firm Studio...
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...
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...
One in 11 US public schools are plagued by toxic air
When parents send their kids off to school, they might worry their child forgot their homework or won't eat enough...
Japanese kindergarten features awesome green courtyard where kids can run and climb
Japanese kindergartens are well known for their minimalist design and creative play spaces. Japan-based Hibino...
A green heart unifies the solar-powered University of Cambridge Primary School
Marks Barfield Architects has completed the innovative and flexible University of Cambridge Primary School, a BREEAM...
Inhabitat Talks to Elea Robinson, Founding Faculty at New Amsterdam School, About Growing a Green School
Do you remember the antsy feeling you would get in school while waiting for the recess bell to ring? Luckily, more...
Earthquake-resistant kindergarten made using recycled marine shipping containers
When engineered discovered that the aging structure that housed the “OA Kindergarten” in Japan’s Saitama...
Earthquake-resistant kindergarten in Japan is made using shipping containers
Utilizing shipping containers is a growing trend in architecture and construction for a variety of reasons. The...