Shipping-container micro homes with green roofs planned for UK
Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has obtained planning permission for a development of micro homes made from shipping containers with green roofs in Aylesbury, England. More
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WilkinsonEyre completes modular student housing for Dyson Institute
WilkinsonEyre has created "unique student residencies with identity" from prefabricated timber pods at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in Wiltshire, England. More
SOM completes Tenaya Towers in massive student housing project at California university
Board-marked concrete, cement plaster and glass form the facades of two student dormitories that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created for an expansive housing development at the University of California, Santa Barbara. More
San Joaquin Student Housing complex by LOHA makes the most of coastal climate
Open-air walkways and staircases overlook landscaped gardens at this dormitory by US studio LOHA at a central California university, which was built using durable and economical materials. More
Deborah Berke Partners clads High Street Residence Hall in stone and zinc
American studio Deborah Berke Partners has completed a student dormitory for a small Pennsylvania college, with different cladding materials on the building's opposing sides. More
Metal shutters vary the facades of Toulouse student housing scheme by PPA Architectures
The metal-clad inner and outer facades at this student housing project for the Olympe de Gouges University in Toulouse incorporate operable shutters that alter the appearance of the buildings. More
Ab Rogers Design creates bespoke furniture for students
London-based studio Ab Rogers Design has designed a range of furniture for student accommodation company Scape. More
Geometric brick-clad boarding house by MICA references its traditional neighbours
British architecture studio MICA has completed a boarding house in the grounds of Stowe School in England, featuring an assemblage of pale-brick volumes including a cylindrical tower and glazed bridge. More
Park Hill estate to be converted into student housing
The final wave of regeneration at brutalist Park Hill estate will see 350 student homes, designed by British practice Whittam Cox Architects, built within the iconic concrete framework of the social housing complex in Sheffield, England. More
Sandstone and metal louvres wrap massive student housing complex in Arizona
American architectural firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz took cues from the colours and textures of the Sonoran Desert while designing this giant residential facility in Phoenix, for engineering students at Arizona State University. More
Jestico + Whiles converts town hall into student halls with iridescent tile-covered theatre
Southwark Town Hall in south London has been renovated and repurposed to accommodate student housing and a mixed-use arts hub, including a theatre contained in a folded tile-clad extension. More
Berman Guedes Stretton upgrades Powell & Moya's modernist University of Oxford buildings
Berman Guedes Stretton sought to preserve and enhance the modernist designs of buildings at two University of Oxford colleges during renovations to improve their interior layout. More
Walters & Cohen covers housing for English boarding house in rusty-red tiles
Handmade clay tiles cover this gabled accommodation block, which London firm Walters & Cohen has added to a boarding school in the English city of Canterbury. More
Kyu Sung Woo designs student housing for historic Massachusetts college
A cluster of brick-clad buildings with jagged roof lines form this student residential complex at Amherst College by American firm Kyu Sung Woo Architects. More
Tigg Coll Architects references London's railway heritage for student accommodation interiors
Tigg Coll Architects has renovated a student accommodation building in London's Kings Cross, with interiors based on the area's railway heritage. More
6a Architects adds timber-clad halls to 1960s campus at University of Cambridge
London studio 6a Architects designed these student halls at the University of Cambridge's Churchill College to pay homage to the "picturesque Brutalism" of the original 1960s campus architecture. More
BIG stacks shipping containers to create floating student housing in Copenhagen harbour
Shipping containers are stacked on a floating platform to create these buoyant student halls of residence designed by Bjarke Ingels' firm for Copenhagen harbour (+ slideshow). More
Studio Gang clads Chicago student housing complex in wavy strips of concrete
US firm Studio Gang has completed a student residential complex for the University of Chicago that features towers sheathed in glass and sculptural white concrete panels (+ movie). More
Timber and glass dormitory building nestles among trees in a Paris park
Paris firm Belus & Hénocq Architectes has added a timber-clad educational centre and student dormitory to a boarding school, which sits in a landscaped park in the Saint-Denis area of Paris (+ slideshow). More
Hamonic+Masson completes student housing with a facade of golden cubes
Golden boxes fronted by balconies make up the exterior of this student housing block in Paris by Hamonic+Masson & Associés, which also features a secret garden and nesting areas for birds (+ slideshow). More