ZMIK turn school corridors into playful learning spaces
Swiss design studio ZMIK has transformed three corridors at a primary school in Basel into flexible learning-spaces designed to promote a sense of wellbeing. More
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Cambodian school has a gridded facade that doubles as a jungle gym
The interchangeable steel grid of windows, shelves and lockers of a school in Sneung, Cambodia, designed by Orient Occident Atelier can also be used as a climbing frame. More
Branch Studio Architects creates piazza-style school office in Melbourne
Italian town squares became Branch Studio Architects' point of reference for the design of this school administration office in Melbourne, which is almost entirely lined in cardboard tubes. More
Paulien Bremmer wraps "social hub" for Gerrit Rietveld Academie in woven-steel screens
Folding screens of woven steel surround the upper level of the latest building at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, which provides three storeys of exhibition, workshop and teaching spaces. More
Curving larch wood buildings with green roofs form school extension in Germany
Mono Architekten has restored and extended a 1970s concrete school block in Germany with a cluster of curving larch-clad volumes topped with sloping green roofs. More
AY Architects adds timber science laboratory to London school
A zigzagging structure of spruce beams supports the roof of a science laboratory at the Eleanor Palmer Primary School in Kentish Town, London, designed by AY Architects. More
Michigan high school designed to reduce impact of mass shootings
American firm Tower Pinkster has designed a school in Michigan with the aim of reducing the number of student casualties in the event of a terror attack. More
Karv One Design builds school around giant slide and ball pit
Pastel colours and decorative white partition screens feature in this school in Chengdu, China, designed by Hong Kong studio Karv One Design. More
Gray Organschi completes wooden high school extension with irregular roofing in Connecticut
Outdoor classrooms and active farmlands surround the extension to this ecological high school in Connecticut, which Gray Organschi built with cross-laminated timber to demonstrate sustainable design practices. More
Zigzag thatched bamboo roofs shade classrooms of school in Indonesia
RAW Architecture has designed a zigzag roof of thatched bamboo for a school in Indonesia, which is raised up on stilts to deal with its swampy site in Tangerang city. More
Supernormal reimagines the classroom for children's educational centre in Massachusetts
American firm Supernormal has created a nursery and preschool in the Boston area that features sculptural volumes wrapped in vibrant wallpaper and open play areas illuminated by speckled daylight. More
Children's scribbles inform terracotta school by Samira Rathod Design Associates
Samira Rathod Design Associates have completed a terracotta school building in Gujarat, India with lopsided vaulted roofs that take their shape from a child's doodles. More
Parents "should start thinking about a bulletproof backpack" following latest mass shootings
Children going to school or public places should be given bulletproof backpacks, the CEO of self-defence brand Guard Dog has told Dezeen. More
Prefabricated pine panels clad kindergarten near Barcelona
Architects Eduard Balcells, Ignasi Rius and Daniel Tigges have designed a wood-clad concrete kindergarten for the El Tiller Waldorf-Steiner School in Bellaterra, Spain. More
Lush gardens and courtyards feature in concrete Mexican business school EBC Aguascalientes
Mexican design studio Ignacio Urquiza, Bernardo Quinzaños, Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has completed this concrete business school on a lush site near Mexican city Aguascalientes. More
ESAC circus school built by Daniel Delgoffe inside an old Belgian boiler house
Architect Daniel Delgoffe has renovated and extended old brick boiler house to create a new home for ESAC, a leading Belgian circus school. More
ODA unveils towering Jewish school and community centre in Brooklyn's Crown Heights
New York architecture firm ODA has released visuals of a centre for a Jewish community in Brooklyn featuring schools, sports facilities and offices stacked on top of each other. More
Stacked straw bales form walls for conceptual school in Malawi by Nudes
Indian architecture office Nudes has developed a concept for a secondary school in Malawi, with a modular wooden structure and curved walls made from straw bales. More
Assemble turns derelict New Orleans building into experimental fashion school
London studio Assemble has transformed an industrial property in New Orleans into a hub for the local community to learn fashion design and manufacturing. More
BIG completes vortex-shaped Glasir education centre in Faroe Islands' capital
Danish studio BIG has completed a sculptural, glass-walled building containing three schools beside a fjord in the Faroe Islands' capital Tórshavn. More