Jules Ferry School is a model for a sustainable learning environment
A school in France is showing the world how to use eco-friendly design to create much more than buildings. The...
Modular Tree-House School concept connects kids with nature
Could this be the school of the future? Designer Valentino Gareri has created a concept for the Tree-House School,...
Arkansas schools save millions by adopting solar power
Schools in the U.S. are using solar energy to cut down on expensive electricity bills. With funds freed up, schools...
NYC’s Bronx 1 charter school achieves LEED Silver
New York City-based CTA Architects’ sustainable renovation and expansion of the Bronx Charter School for Excellence...
Energy-neutral school in Utrecht enhances biodiversity
At the Winkerlaan in Utrecht, Dutch architecture firm EVA architecten has completed SO Fier, an energy-neutral...
Earth School offers kids interesting science lessons online
Kids stuck at home due to coronavirus have another opportunity for quality online learning. Earth School, a collaboration...
Geothermal-powered dorm minimizes its carbon footprint in Quebec
Near Sherbrooke, Quebec, Montreal-based ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski has recently completed the Mitchell Family...
Community collects locally sourced materials to construct a school in Vietnam
The Xuan Hoa commune in the Lao Cai province of northwest Vietnam is, like much of the surrounding area, a region...
LEED Platinum Akademeia High School caters to millennials
When Medusa Group Architects was tasked to design a high school in Warsaw, the Polish interdisciplinary...
O’DonnellBrown designs affordable, modular outdoor classroom
In a bid to support creative and independent learning in the outdoors, Glasgow-based architectural practice O’DonnellBrown has...
A clean-energy school in southern France draws power from the sun
The French city of Nîmes recently welcomed the Ada Lovelace Secondary School, Occitania’s first-ever clean-energy...
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...