Portuguese studio António Costa Lima Arquitectos has extended the historic Colégio de Santa Maria school in Lisbon, adding a stack of cubic concrete volumes that cascade down to a terrace and playground. More about António Costa Lima Arquitectos adds concrete extension to historic Lisbon school
A triple-height skylit atrium with a sandpit at its base sits at the heart of New Horizon, a school in Vadodara, India, designed by local architecture studio Habitat Collaborative. More about Habitat Collaborative threads curved school in India through tree-filled site
New York City studio Martin Hopp Architect has completed a building with a mass-timber structure for a school in Hempstead, New York, prioritising healthy living spaces and materials on a tight budget. More about Martin Hopp Architect puts generosity over spectacle at mass-timber school in New York
Canadian architecture studio KPMB has released renderings of the new Dramatic Arts Building at Yale University, establishing the first consolidated space for the David Geffen School of Drama since its inception in 1924. More about KPMB reveals designs for David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University
French studio SAM Architecture has created the Yvonne Kerzrého School Complex in Nanterre, France, arranging classrooms around cascading terraces and courtyards that extend learning outdoors. More about SAM Architecture designs stepped school in Nanterre as "village at the child's scale"
A skylit atrium traversed by staircases and slides forms the heart of Philo, a ring-shaped science centre at a school in Switzerland by international studio Bernard Tschumi Architects. More about Bernard Tschumi Architects winds helical slides through school science centre
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a set of unconventional table tennis tables by architecture studio Exercice. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "genius" unconventional table tennis equipment
French architecture studio Exercice has installed four unconventional table tennis tables at a school in Ingré, France, to encourage children to make up their own rules and strategies. More about Quirky table tennis equipment promotes "more creative" play at French school
Local design practice Studio Blur has created a concrete building with a sawtooth roof for the visual arts department of a school in Quito, Ecuador. More about Studio Blur models Quito arts school after Le Corbusier house
French architecture studio Tectoniques has completed the Dominique Frelaut School in Paris, wrapping a central courtyard with a series of stepped volumes topped by green terraces. More about Planted rooftop terraces "cascade" down stepped school in Paris by Tectoniques
A lantern-like sports court sits on the roof of this load-bearing stone and timber school in France, designed by local studio Le Penhuel & Associés. More about Le Penhuel & Associés prioritises "warm and welcoming" biomaterials at French school
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a colourful Shenzhen school by Chinese firm Urbanus. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features Shenzhen school that "invites movement and discovery"
Singapore-based Open Studio exclusively reveals how it turned New Bahru Hall, a 1960s school hall, into a pickleball court, juxtaposing its original teak panelling and mosaic flooring with galvanised-steel details. More about Open Studio highlights "quiet material richness" in Singapore school hall transformation
US studios KoningEizenberg Architecture and NAC Architecture have used concrete and metal to construct a public high school in California, responding to environmental concerns and the school's nontraditional learning style. More about Threat of wildfire drives design of Malibu High School in California
Chinese firm Urbanus designed the playful Hakka Academy Longgang Twin Stars in Shenzhen as a "visual resistance to the monotonous urban landscape". More about Urbanus references Hakka walled houses for colourful Shenzhen school
Czech architecture studio Opočenský Valouch Architects has completed Vida Elementary School on the outskirts of Prague, topping its red-brick volumes with a terrace of teaching spaces, play areas and vegetable gardens. More about OVA crowns school in Prague with rooftop play areas and vegetable gardens
Chicago-based practice Ross Barney Architects has highlighted ducts and machinery at an industrial-style community college building outside of Chicago, USA, to expose students to the very mechanical systems taught at the school. More about Ross Barney Architects exposes mechanical elements at Illinois technical school
Hand-carved reliefs and marquetry details elevate the custom joinery inside this equestrian academy in Abu Dhabi, where French-Lebanese duo David/Nicolas has designed a library and saddle workshop. More about Arabian knights influence interiors of Abu Dhabi riding school by David/Nicolas
A cantilevered first floor marks the entrance to the timber-framed Robert Badinter Secondary School in Cambrai, France, completed by architecture studio Coldefy with Relief Architects. More about Coldefy completes timber-framed school in northern France
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a school in Canterbury completed by Walters & Cohen with a material palette of flint, oak and limestone. More about "A handsome, compact, efficient building" says commenter