Extension to Gentofte School in Copenhagen

Extension to Gentofte School in Copenhagen

Design: Arkitema Architects. The new addition to the school in Denmark creates a further 460sqm of space, which can accommodate 100 children, spread across two floors. The extension houses three classrooms, a common room and a double height workshop as well as a large roof terrace.

Oslo School of Architecture

Oslo School of Architecture

Design: Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL. The Oslo School of Architecture is homed in an existing building from 1938, situated by the Akerselva River in the eastern part of Oslo. The school is part of a larger vision to revitalize this former industrial area for education-related use.

Glasgow Academy Science and Technology, Saunders Centre

Saunders Centre Glasgow

Design: Page \ Park Architects. The requirement to meet current needs and expectations to keep abreast of the most advanced teaching in the sciences has resulted in a significant and substantial new urban block for the Academy.

The Westwater Building Dollar Academy: School

Westwater Building Dollar Academy

This modest pavilion teaching building design by Page \ Park Architects nestles into the site at the foot of the Ochil Hills alongside the impressive principle school building, designed by William Henry Playfair.

School of Architecture in Wolverhampton

School of Architecture and the Built Environment

Architects: Atkins. Plans to convert a derelict brewery building into a £100m education hub for construction and the built environment at the University of Wolverhampton, England, have been given the go ahead.

Ickburgh School in Hackney, London

Ickburgh School in Hackney

Design: Avanti Architects. This school provides specialist accommodation for 150 pupils aged between 2‐19 years on the Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) spectrum. The 5000 sqm building is one of the largest facilities of this kind in the UK

All Hallows’ School in Brisbane

All Hallows’ School in Brisbane

Design: Wilson Architects. This building successfully creates a relationship between layered heritage context and a contemporary façade. A new five-storey contemporary classroom building inserted close to some of the oldest buildings in Brisbane.

All Saints Grammar School in Sydney

All Saints Grammar School in Sydney

Design: Candalepas Associates, architects. The primary school building is a simple narrow extruded form approximately 80m in length, teaching spaces are located over four levels accessed from continuous external walkways to the west.

Highgate Junior School Building, North London

Highgate Junior School Building

Design: Architype, Architects. Arranged along a west-facing crescent, each classroom has open views to the landscape, shaded by protruding vertical fins. 55,000 handmade bricks dominate the school façade, topped by 580sqm of wild flower meadow green roof.

Dulwich College Masterplan: London School

Dulwich College

Architects: Grimshaw. The Laboratory at Dulwich College is a state-of-the-art science building situated in the centre of the school’s historic campus in south London. The £14 million Grimshaw-designed scheme has officially been opened and is the first completed school project in the practice’s education portfolio.

Latymer Upper School Sports Centre London

Latymer Upper School Sports Centre

Design: FaulknerBrowns Architects. This elegant and efficient sports centre building maximises available space on a tightly constrained site. The design solution links two simple geometric volumes – sports hall and pool block – with a spine of accommodation and circulation.

Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, London

Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, NHS healthcare building development in Northwest London – design by IBI Group – new UK healthcare building, architecture news

Lodève Childcare Center in France, Hérault

Lodève Childcare Center in France

Design: A + A R C H I T E C T U R E – new images of this building at the angle of two narrow streets. It shares its site with a nursing home: a rich intergenerational relationship in the middle of a beautiful garden and of chestnuts

Aabybro School Building, Aalborg

Aabybro School Building

Design: CEBRA architecture, architects with KPF. This school building design challenges the notion of architecture while at the same time reflecting the urban context. Some teaching can be performed outdoors in most weather. The pitched roof is the key architectural device.