School Building
Architectural design and planning of educational facilities from classrooms to campus complexes.
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.
FEI Architects Rescues Peking University's 1988 Teaching Building from Demolition and Remakes It as a School of Mathemat
In Beijing, a doomed 1980s teaching block on PKU's Yanyuan campus returns as a mathematics school where tiles, stairs and ceilings run on geometry.
Martínez Arquitectura, MEC Arquitectura and Fiallo Atelier Raise a Bogotá School over a Public Ground Linking Two Parks
In Bogotá's Kennedy district, a long brick school opens its ground floor to the neighborhood and climbs toward the eastern hills in terraced stairs.
Hubo Studio Builds a Child-Scaled City Around a Sunlit Piazza for a Johannesburg Early Learning Centre
In Sandton, Johannesburg, four light-filled ateliers, a corridor-free plan and a playable roof turn a Reggio Emilia school into a town for children.
Z&Z STUDIO Steps a Shenzhen High School Down a Hillside and Lifts Its Running Track into the Air
In Shenzhen, a 46,447 m² terraced courtyard campus stacks classrooms, gardens and a raised 300m track between park, mountain and harbour.
PENZISBETTINI Extends Limmattal Cantonal School in Urdorf with Concrete Wings Built to Outlast Their Floor Plans
In Urdorf, Switzerland, prefabricated concrete ribs, a steel spiral stair and a timber auditorium open a 1980s school campus toward a new tram line.
graciastudio Hides a Tijuana Culinary School Behind Two Timber Boxes and a Courtyard of Trees
In Tijuana, Baja California, an 894 m² cooking school keeps a mute street face and turns inward to kitchens wrapped around a planted courtyard.
El Equipo Mazzanti Raises a Perforated Concrete Roof on Slanted Columns Among the Trees of a Santa Marta School
At a Santa Marta bilingual school, a 524 m² student center keeps its mature trees and uses a perforated concrete roof for shade, light and air.
LT2A and OPEN Architectes Thread a Brick and Glass High School Through a Wooded Belgian Campus
In Braine-l'Alleud, a 3,000 m² wing for Collège Cardinal Mercier pairs pale brick with a glazed colonnade, deferring to a small chapel and a dense wood.
ETEH Reworks the Shared Spaces of São Domingos School in Brazil Around Timber, Color and Hanging Plants
At São Domingos School in Brazil, 436 m² of hall, refectory and library are recast with timber joinery, a yellow and blue code and trailing greenery.
Ateliê GR Wraps a Small Brazilian Neighborhood School Around a Garden, a Shade Tree and a Light Steel Roof
In Brazil, a 340 m² school for young children by Ateliê GR treats its garden as a town square and opens glazed classrooms beneath light steel trusses.
