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 [...]
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. [...]
The Engineering Facility, National University of Ireland designed by RMJM is located in Galway, Ireland. In an unusual twist, sections of the building’s foundations and structural engineering have been unveiled so that tutors may use them as reference points during lessons. Similarly a range of green treatments are on show for educational gain, such as [...]
Wales Institute for Sustainable Education that located in Machynlleth, Wales, United Kingdom, was designed by Pat Borer and David Lea. The WISE building is constructed of materials with low embodied energy: glulam timber frame, hemcrete walls, rammed earth, lime renders, slate, cork, home-grown timber flooring and finishes of natural paints and stains. It is well [...]
The New National Music Centre designed by Allied Works Architecture is located in Calgary, Canada. The new centre, which incorporates the now defunct King Eddy Hotel, a legendary house of blues, will be part museum, part education and outreach facility, and part performance space. The building is designed as a series of ‘resonant vessels’ that [...]