Pont-Aven School
The Pont-Aven School and its influence on design, architecture, and creative practice.
Modal and Quartz Architecture Channel Gauguin's Palette into a Breton Interpretation Centre
A slate-roofed cultural complex in Clohars-Carnoët extends the legacy of Le Pouldu's painter colony through vernacular form and geothermal innovation.
Scenic Architecture Office Lifts an Entire Sports Complex Above a Shanghai School's Playing Field
The Anna Pao Sohmen Centre at YK Pao School stacks six levels of athletics, making, and gathering on a tight campus site.
GGR Architectes Anchors a New Neighborhood in Frouzins with a Brick and Timber School Complex
A cruciform plan of terracotta brick and exposed wood frames four courtyards for 140 students outside Toulouse, France.
Andrade Morettin Wraps a São Paulo School Around Courtyards That Teach as Much as the Classrooms
In Campo Belo, a lightweight steel-and-concrete elementary school treats its gardens, materials, and open air as active participants in learning.
Atelier Global Converts Two Shenzhen Gymnasiums into a Mountain-Inspired Academy
Victoria Park Academy channels the hills and waterways of Nanshan District into a school built around a flowing central corridor.
Dominique Coulon Stacks a School in Joyful Chaos on a Villejuif Reservoir Site
A compact, deconstructed group of schools near Paris turns a tight interstitial plot into layered green playgrounds and panoramic classrooms.
Dominique Coulon & associés Build a School in Saclay That Uses Color as a Compass
On the Saclay plateau outside Paris, a 7,400 square meter school complex turns diagonal geometry and bold color into wayfinding for children.
GGR Architectes Wraps a Concrete School in Red Steel Canopies in Southern France
The School Complex of the Olive Tree in Pechbonnieu rethinks the suburban school as a compact, skylit gathering place for all ages.
TRACKS Builds a School from Site Earth, Straw, and Five Centuries of Craft in Mordelles
Clairière School uses 469 tonnes of unstabilized earth from its own ground to shelter 16 classrooms in a clearing near Rennes.
Leibar Seigneurin Stacks Two Schools on a Slope in Vertou, Letting the Roof Chase the Ground
A 4,255-square-meter timber school complex in France's Vertonne valley works with the terrain rather than flattening it.
Agence Spatiale Clusters Timber Gables Around a Courtyard to Rethink the Saguenay School
In Chicoutimi, a Lab École prototype proves that child-scaled architecture can be warm, civic, and rooted in its suburban neighborhood.
School Group Samuel Paty in Béziers: A Contemporary Educational Campus by Ateliers O-S Architectes and NAS Architecture
Samuel Paty School in Béziers features concrete massing, porous courtyards, metal structures, and landscaped playgrounds, creating a child-scaled, light-filled learning environment.
