On the pretext of designing a pre-primary and primary school for children, the solution to an urban problem was sought: the quarter available for construction was characterised by a great void stuck between discordant scales and languages, open to integration into the urban fabric. The brief for the school comprised three main strands: classrooms, a […] More
hyperSity Office have designed the new venue of the Beijing Design Week. Take a look at the complete story after the jump. More
Architect Cláudio Vilarinho designed IBS Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-sustainability at Minho University in Portugal. The proposal for the building was to break up the existing gray monotony around it and to be able to captivate those who pass by it. Take a look at the complete story below. More
Wright & Wright Architects have transformed the historic Library at Oxford University’s Magdalen College to meet 21st century study needs. Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor. The founder’s statutes included provision for a choral foundation of men and boys (a tradition that has continued to […] More
The IKC Zeven Zeeën designed by Moke Architekten is located in the up-and-coming northern part of Amsterdam. It boasts a crenelated shed roof and a double prefabricated concrete façade in bright red with a textured surface. Round windows in various sizes add the playfulness expected from a centre for kids, especially when the beetle-like sunshades […] More
New York-based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi have designed their first performing arts venue located in Dallas, Texas. The Marshall Family Performing Arts Center includes a 600-seat proscenium theater, a 150-seat studio theater; a dance and recital hall; a green room, dressing rooms and a costume shop; a video and film production classroom; and a lobby, gallery, […] More
GPY Arquitectos designed this 32,000-square-metre Faculty of Fine Arts for the University of La Laguna located in the northeast of Spain’s largest Canary Island. Take a look at the complete story below. More
Poly WeDo is a new children’s education brand of Poly Culture Group, which aims at exploring and developing kids’ gift and potentiality in music, and improving their comprehensive art accomplishment. ARCHSTUDIO is invited to do the design for their teaching space within Yongli International Shopping Centre in Workers’ Stadium North Road, Beijing. The top issue […] More
A belief in the power of Drawing and its central role in artistic creativity is vociferously shared by Stuart Bartholomew, the Vice Chancellor and Head of Arts University Bournemouth and its architect alumnus, Sir Peter Cook. In 2014 Bartholomew invited Cook to design this building, which is dedicated to that pursuit. Cook’s office CRAB (the […] More
Set in the busy main road of the Avenue du General Gallieni in the district of lower Joinville,this contemporary school of dance was designed by Lankry architectes in 2015. Take a look at the complete story below. More
Danish architecture firm COBE designed the Frederiksvej kindergarten to look like a small village with peaked roofs as drawn by children. They is achieved the small scale village atmosphere by dividing the building into 11 differently oriented small houses, which were joint together. Take a look at the complete story below. More
Zaha Hadid Architects have earlier this year completed their project of the Investcorp Building for the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College serving as the University of Oxford’s facility for research and teaching on the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey from the 19th century to the present day. The centre was founded in […] More