City Centre Campus at University of Wales in Newport, United Kingdom

BDP has create a new visual identity for Newport region through Glazed volume for University of Wales’s City Centre Campus that located in Newport, United Kingdom. Read more details below: The University of Wales, Newport commissioned a masterplan to create a new campus for the schools of Art, Media, Design, Business and Technology on the [...]

Tags: Architecture, carbon technologies, Energy conservation, Environmental design, Low-energy building, Sustainability, sustainable building, University of Wales

Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada

Designed by Acton Ostry Architects, Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbia, is located in Vancouver, Canada. The $80m renewal and expansion of the Sauder School of Business includes the insertion of a five level addition and sky-lit atrium on the west side of the existing classroom block. The atrium links the addition [...]

Tags: Building Canadian Green Building Award, Business schools in Canada, energy efficiency building, Sauder School of Business, Sustainable Architecture, University of British Columbia

Castle School, practical and welcoming environment for children with Special Educational Needs in Newbury, United Kingdom

The Castle School, practical and welcoming environment for children with Special Educational Needs designed by Nightingale Associates is located in Newbury, United Kingdom.  In the centre is a sensory garden with four raised flower beds that symbolise touch, taste, smell and colour and a water feature chosen by the school, which provides a focal point. [...]

Tags: building materials, car park, Castle School, Garden, Landscape, Newbury, NIGHTINGALE ASSOCIATES (HARWELL) (ARCH), United Kingdom

L’ecole Building School thrown chic shadows across interior space in Puebla, Mexico

Designed by Novhus, L’ecole Building School thrown chic shadows across interior space is located in Puebla, Mexico. The most important points referred to this stage of the project were: Usage or a combination of reduced material; Regional materials; Low-cost materials; Techniques and basic construction procedures, without complexities; Mixed structure (rigid frame-based beams and columns and [...]

Tags: Building biology, Building School, Duct, Environment, Fluid dynamics, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, L’ecole Building School, Mexico, Puebla, Ventilation

St Joseph’s Primary School New Hall and Library in Wingham NSW, Australi

Designed by Austin McFarland Architects, St Joseph’s Primary School New Hall and Library is located in Wingham NSW, Australi. For primary schools, the government outlined that the funding was for the building or renewing of large-scale infrastructure works with the priority on libraries, multi-purposes halls and classrooms. The school’s library and canteen were cramped and [...]

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