Parisian dance school by Lankry Architectes features faceted metal walls
Folded tiles of perforated metal envelop this dance school in Paris by Lankry Architectes, creating a pattern of triangular facets (+ slideshow). More
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SOM designs first net-zero energy school in New York City on Staten Island
Architecture firm SOM has completed the first public school in New York City that generates as much energy on site as it consumes (+ slideshow). More
Terracotta panels create zigzagging walls for Madrid university building by Estudio Beldarrain
The facades of this university building in the Spanish city of Getafe feature angled bays formed from a zigzagging arrangement of terracotta-hued ceramic panels (+ slideshow). More
SHoP designs schools for earthquake-ravaged areas of Nepal
SHoP Architects has partnered with two nonprofit organisations to rebuild 50 public schools in areas of Nepal that were devastated by the April 2015 earthquake (+ slideshow). More
Mulroy Architects completes timber-clad rowing centre for Oxford school
A pool with a stationary boat on top is the centrepiece of this rowing centre designed by Mulroy Architects for a private boarding school in Oxfordshire, England (+ movie). More
Splattered paintwork inspired by Jackson Pollock covers concrete music school in France
Paint was thrown at the walls of this concrete music, drama and dance school in eastern France by Dominique Coulon & Associés, creating a veined pattern based on the paintings of abstract artist Jackson Pollock (+ slideshow). More
Circular perforations create natural spotlights inside Elisa Valero's concrete school extension
Tiny porthole windows pierce this concrete extension to a Granada primary school by Elisa Valero Arquitectura – a protective measure against stray balls from the adjacent sports court (+ slideshow). More
Tham & Videgård's Stockholm architecture school features a curving skin of pre-rusted steel
For the first time in 45 years, architecture students at Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology have their own building on campus – a round block with weathering steel walls by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More
Fritted glass creates patterned facade for Ryerson University student centre by Snøhetta
Snøhetta has completed a student centre for Ryerson University in downtown Toronto, featuring chamfered edges and a patterned glass facade (+ slideshow). More
Julien De Smedt's angular concrete youth centre in Lille features a colourful striped wall
Brightly coloured stripes cover one face of this bulky concrete community complex in Lille, which was designed by architect Julien De Smedt to host facilities for the "three ages of mankind" (+ slideshow). More
NAPUR Architect creates circuitboard pattern on facade of Super Computer Centre
The facade of this computer research centre at Hungary's University of Debrecen has been designed to reflect its function, with a grooved pattern inspired by a circuitboard (+ slideshow). More
Raw concrete contrasts with 19th-century details at Le Gazouillis kindergarten
Swiss architect Omar Trinca has added a concrete extension to a 19th-century villa in Geneva, creating more space for the kindergarten that now occupies it (+ slideshow). More
Du Besset-Lyon transforms former sanatorium into Clermont-Ferrand School of Architecture
Paris studio Du Besset-Lyon has converted and extended a 1930s sanatorium to create a new school of architecture in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand (+ slideshow). More
Steel grid covers double cantilevered building for the University of Luxembourg
This multipurpose building at the University of Luxembourg combines an 18-storey tower with a horizontal volume that cantilevers at both ends (+ slideshow). More
AP+E's Hedge School outdoor classroom brings back 18th-century teaching methods
Architecture studio AP+E has created an amphitheatre of timber columns for use as an outdoor teaching space for a primary school in Carlow, Ireland (+ slideshow). More
Caruso St John reveals designs for university laboratory in Basel
Caruso St John Architects has unveiled plans for a new £160 million biomedical laboratory at University of Basel, Switzerland, which features a gridded glass facade and a concrete base with arch-shaped notches. More
Jun Sekino replaces earthquake-damaged school in Thailand with stilted classrooms
Bangkok-based architect Jun Sekino designed these elevated classrooms in northern Thailand in response to a severe earthquake, which destroyed the school's original building (+ slideshow). More
Haworth Tompkins adds another building to Royal College of Art's Battersea campus
British studio Haworth Tompkins has completed its third building for the Royal College of Art's campus in London's Battersea – an industrial-style facility for ceramics, glass and metal-work students (+ slideshow). More
Pierre-Alain Dupraz houses Swiss kindergarten within quartet of concrete blocks
Pierre-Alain Dupraz Architecte chose exposed concrete for this cross-shaped kindergarten and crèche in Switzerland, giving it an austere appearance (+ slideshow). More
Earthquake-resistant school in Thailand raised up on stilts by Vin Varavarn Architects
Built in the wake of an earthquake, this secondary school in northern Thailand by Vin Varavarn Architects is raised above the ground on metal stilts (+ slideshow). More