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Allies and Morrison completes “21st-century factory” for London College of Fashion

February 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British architecture studio Allies and Morrison has completed a university building for London College of Fashion at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. Conceived as a “21st-century factory”, the London College of Fashion (LCF) building is defined by its gridded concrete structure and a rectilinear facade lined with tall warehouse-style windows. “We think of

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Concrete vaults support rooftop football pitch in China by UAD

February 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A vaulted concrete base supports an elevated football pitch and running track at the Hexi Sports Field, which The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed in Shaoxing, China. Hexi Sports Field is located on a site to the northwest of Shaoxing University’s campus, which borders the old town and overlooks the

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WE-S Architecten designs Belgian nursery to resemble “a modest garden pavilion”

February 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian studio WE-S Architecten has created a nursery in the town of Aartselaar that takes the form of a nine-sided pavilion, intended to blend in with the surrounding park. The compact building in Belgium provides four classrooms, a dining area and staff spaces, which are organised radially around a skylit hall to allow them to

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Amelia Tavella Architectes completes limestone-clad school in southern France

February 6, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes referenced fossils for the textured stone facade of the Auguste Benedict School, which is designed to appear as though it has “emerged from the earth”. Nicknamed Fossil Building by the studio, the long, low-lying structure sits at the bottom of a hill in the southern French village of Cabriès and

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Vurpas Architectes transforms French market with “childlike quality” into primary school

February 4, 2024 Katie Last 0

French studio Vurpas Architectes has converted a 1960s market building to create Eugénie Brazier, a primary school and nursery in Lyon. Eugénie Brazier is built around the long structure of the old wholesale market and features perforated brickwork and a neutral colour palette that draws on the existing building. To accommodate a nursery as well

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CollectiveProject shades renovated Indian school with expansive bamboo canopy

January 30, 2024 Katie Last 0

Shaped cutouts cast playful shadows across Talaricheruvu Rural School, which Indian studio CollectiveProject has transformed from an existing school building in southern India. Located in Andhra Pradesh, the fifteen-year-old building was refreshed with a bamboo canopy, as well as a collection of shaded outdoor spaces and openings designed to respond to the area’s warm climate.

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

January 22, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities, Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first “commercially scaled mass-timber buildings” in the state of Maine. Located near a grove of mature pine trees, the neighbouring buildings are in the southeast corner of the 215-acre (87-hectare) Bowdoin College campus in the city

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

January 22, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities, Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first “commercially scaled mass-timber buildings” in the state of Maine. Located near a grove of mature pine trees, the neighbouring buildings are in the southeast corner of the 215-acre (87-hectare) Bowdoin College campus in the city

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Outdoor learning spaces animate Azabudai Hills school by Heatherwick Studio

January 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Double-height balconies and outdoor teaching spaces enliven the facades of The British School in Tokyo, which architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed in Japan. The school is located in the south of Azabudai Hills, a mixed-use district designed by Heatherwick Studio, which is made up of various timber buildings defined by curving roofs and greenery.

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Exposed concrete frame creates “resilient” spaces for maritime academy in Denmark

January 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Danish studios EFFEKT and CF Møller Architects have completed the Svendborg International Maritime Academy in Denmark, using an exposed concrete frame to echo its industrial surrounds. Overlooking the harbour in the North Quay of the former port city Svendborg, the 12,500-square-metre centre unites several previously separate departments of Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC), providing combined

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