School Building
Architectural design and planning of educational facilities from classrooms to campus complexes.
School buildings represent significant opportunities for architects to shape learning environments and community spaces. These projects range from individual classroom structures to comprehensive campus master plans, each addressing specific pedagogical needs and local contexts.
The community explores diverse approaches to school design, including adaptive reuse of existing structures, culturally responsive architecture for underserved populations, and integrated campus planning that serves broader neighborhood functions. Projects demonstrate how material choices, spatial organization, and site conditions influence educational spaces.
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View all 74 journalsTengbom Restores Tensta's Pagoda-Roofed 1980s School and Reopens It as a Shared Campus for a Stockholm Suburb
In Spånga-Tensta, Stockholm, a heritage-listed 1980s school of brick, cast concrete and pagoda roofs reopens with its character carefully kept intact.
Gut Deubelbeiss Nill Architekten Rebuilds a Lost Schoolhouse in Unterägeri as a Shingled Timber Counterpart
In Unterägeri, Switzerland, a timber school with a concrete core replaces a demolished 1834 schoolhouse and completes a listed school courtyard.
Fiechter Salzmann Extends Werner Künzi's Listed Mösli School in Ostermundigen with Concrete, Spruce and Red Steel
In Ostermundigen near Bern, a kindergarten and day school wing lengthens a heritage-listed complex using precast concrete, regional spruce and red steel.
See Architects Wraps a Stepped Seoul Commercial Block in Deep Concrete Fins Facing an Elementary School
Across from an elementary school near Seoul's Samseong Station, a 950 m² commercial block uses deep fins and stepped terraces to filter view and noise.