Education

Fumihiko Maki unveils Aga Khan Centre in London’s King’s Cross

June 29, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki has completed an educational centre, with a series of roof spaces, terraces and courtyards that contain eight Islamic gardens, for the Aga Khan Foundation. The nine storey block, which stands next to a millennial-pink office designed by Duggan Morris, is the latest building to be completed as part of the development of King’s Cross, London. Containing

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Drone footage reveals damage to Glasgow School of Art as investigation into fire begins

June 20, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The extent of damage to the Glasgow School of Art, following a devastating fire last week, has been revealed in drone footage of the wreckage. Glasgow School of Art released a video shot using a drone showing the damage to the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building, after a visit to the site on Monday 18th June. The seminal building

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Amelia Tavella Architectes completes stone and timber school in Corsica

June 16, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A combination of traditional stone walls and surfaces wrapped in pine battens help the Groupe Scolaire à Strega school in Corsica blend in with the surrounding wooded landscape. Amelia Tavella Architectes designed the school for a site in the Corsican village of Santa-Maria-Siché. Located on the edge of the village in the island’s Corse-du-Sud region, the

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Transborder Studio’s Holocaust study centre extension will be embedded into hill

June 15, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Transborder Studio has unveiled plans to add a contemporary extension to a Holocaust research centre in western Oslo, Norway, composed of box-shaped volumes that will be built into a hill. Local architects Transborder Studio were charged with designing the extension to the Villa Grande on Oslo’s Bygdøy peninsula, following an invited competition that included practices Snøhetta,

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HOH Architecten combines two 17th-century townhouses to create Institute of Advanced Study

June 10, 2018 Natashah Hitti 0

HOH Architecten has connected two 17th-century Dutch canal houses that were “separated at birth” to create a new facility for the University of Amsterdam. The Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), a study centre for science researchers, is spread across two matching townhouses on the Oude Turfmarkt. The brief given to HOH Architecten was to create a 600-square-metre “free space”

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The Glasgow School of Art is Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s “masterwork”

June 5, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

In celebration of the 150th birthday of influential Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh this week, we’re looking back at five projects that defined his career. Next up is his most famous building, the Glasgow School of Art. The art school is described by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society as the architect’s “masterwork”, as it seamlessly

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen to create maritime education hub for Liverpool

June 1, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Schmidt Hammer Lassen has unveiled plans for a maritime education centre in Birkenhead, across the river from central Liverpool, which will be anchored by a 19th-century hydraulics tower. The £20 million Maritime Knowledge Hub will become of the Wirral Waters redevelopment scheme, which is being overseen by Peel Land & Property. Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen

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Yellow metal walls wrap Animo South Los Angeles High School by Brooks + Scarpa

May 31, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has reconstructed a high school in Los Angeles after it was destroyed by a fire, choosing a bright yellow finish for its aluminium facades. Animo South Los Angeles High School is wrapped in anodised-aluminium panels that all carry the same bold shade of yellow, making the complex dramatically stand out

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University of Silesia’s Department of Radio and Television is wrapped in “net curtain” of hollow blocks

May 28, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Hollow clay bricks form the gridded facade of this faculty building at a university in the Polish city of Katowice, providing privacy and shade to the interiors while still allowing light to enter. The Department of Radio and Television building was designed for the University of Silesia by Warsaw studio Grupa 5 Architekci, Barcelona firm BAAS Arquitectura,

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MVRDV to convert communist monument in Albania into technology centre

May 21, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for a new technology education centre in the Albanian capital of Tirana, which will be housed within a pyramidal monument to communism. Set within the city centre, The Tirana Pyramid was first erected in 1988 but has since undergone a variety of uses. First opening as museum dedicated to Albania’s long-serving

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