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OVA crowns school in Prague with rooftop play areas and vegetable gardens

January 11, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

Czech architecture studio Opočenský Valouch Architects has completed Vida Elementary School on the outskirts of Prague, topping its red-brick volumes with a terrace of teaching spaces, play areas and vegetable gardens. Located in the town of Chýně in Prague-West District, the three-storey building comprises an elementary school and a sports complex with indoor and outdoor

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Ross Barney Architects exposes mechanical elements at Illinois technical school

January 9, 2026 Ben Dreith 0

Chicago-based practice Ross Barney Architects has highlighted ducts and machinery at an industrial-style community college building outside of Chicago, USA, to expose students to the very mechanical systems taught at the school. The Foglia Cen­ter for Advanced Tech­nol­o­gy and Inno­va­tion (CATI) at McHen­ry Coun­ty Col­lege (MCC) was designed for technical education in Crystal Lake, Illinois,

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Arabian knights influence interiors of Abu Dhabi riding school by David/Nicolas

January 7, 2026 Alyn Griffiths 0

Hand-carved reliefs and marquetry details elevate the custom joinery inside this equestrian academy in Abu Dhabi, where French-Lebanese duo David/Nicolas has designed a library and saddle workshop. Set across 65,000 square metres on Jubail Island, Abu Dhabi Royal Equestrian Arts (ADREA) is billed as the world’s first school of classical horsemanship outside of Europe, complete

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Toro Arquitectos designs ring-shaped Ciales Kindergarten in Puerto Rico

December 1, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

An outdoor play area sits at the heart of this ring-shaped concrete kindergarten in Puerto Rico, designed by local studio Toro Arquitectos to create “a safe, engaging, and functional environment” for children. Ciales Kindergarten replaces a former funeral home, which was transformed by Toro Arquitectos and extended with a circular structure alongside it. The “unremarkable”

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“A handsome, compact, efficient building” says commenter

November 28, 2025 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a school in Canterbury completed by Walters & Cohen with a material palette of flint, oak and limestone. Located alongside an entrance to Canterbury’s cathedral precincts, The Rausing Science Centre was designed to balance a traditional material palette with a “crisp and contemporary” approach. “What a thoughtful

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Hand-cleft oak shingles cloak wellbeing centre in Hertforshire by Okra

November 27, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Irregular oak shingles that double as a habitat for bugs and bats cover the exterior of The Apple House, an education and wellbeing hub in Hertfordshire, UK, by London design collective Okra. Located in Serge Hill, The Apple House is designed for local community interest company The Serge Hill Project, which aims to demonstrate how

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Walters & Cohen clads Canterbury school building with snapped flint

November 25, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Walters & Cohen has completed The Rausing Science Centre for a school in Canterbury, Kent, offering a contemporary take on the historic area’s material palette of flint, oak and limestone. The Rausing Science Centre provides six science classrooms and a 120-person lecture hall on the site of former Mitchinson’s Day House at The

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Walters & Cohen clads Canterbury school building with snapped flint

November 25, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Walters & Cohen has completed The Rausing Science Centre for a school in Canterbury, Kent, offering a contemporary take on the historic area’s material palette of flint, oak and limestone. The Rausing Science Centre provides six science classrooms and a 120-person lecture hall on the site of former Mitchinson’s Day House at The

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Kia unveils new EV5 at educational academy surrounded by courtyards and water gardens

November 24, 2025 Amina Amber 0

Car brand Kia has presented its EV5 model at an educational complex in Gyeonggi province in the latest instalment of our video series pairing its electric vehicles with contemporary South Korean architecture. The EV5 model expands Kia’s electric line-up with a fully electric mid-sized SUV designed for everyday and family use.  The EV5 introduces

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NBBJ clads University of Oxford science building in rippling stone panels

November 21, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Rippling stone panels based on the shape of a brainwave clad the Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford, completed by architecture studio NBBJ. Bringing together departments of biology and experimental psychology, the Life and Mind Building combines teaching spaces and lecture halls with research laboratories and offices. NBBJ designed the 25,000-square-metre building

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