Plainsboro Library in New Jersey, United States

The Plainsboro Library designed by BKSK Architects is located in New Jersey, United States. BKSK has re-imagined traditional library elements, keeping their function, but changing their form, while visibly exposing the complexity and richness of the building from the entrance. The Library is technologically smart and energy efficient, making use of sustainable building materials and [...]

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Blackrock College Senior School in Dublin, Ireland

Designed by Crawford Partnership, Blackrock College Senior School is located in Dublin, Ireland. The brief for this building was to provide a new base for the senior years of Blackrock College, a 1000 pupil post-primary school. The building was to respect its historic setting while providing an exciting educational environment. The building encloses the fourth [...]

Tags: Blackrock College, Blackrock College Senior School, Classroom, College Chapel, Crawford Partnership, Dublin, Education, Jubilee Hall, Low-energy building, Republic of Ireland

181 William Street in Melbourne, Australia

181 William Street, designed by Bates Smart Pty Ltd situated on the corner of Bourke and William Streets in Melbourne’s CBD Australia consists of a 26 level split-core office tower. The podium is a floating grey zinc box held by white granite-clad columns, a contemporary companion to the bluestone Goldsborough Mort building on the opposite [...]

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Marine 126 apartments in Sydney, Australia

Designed by smart design studio, Marine 126 apartments located in Maroubra, Sydney, Australia has incredible natural beauty with its rocky cliffs, white beaches and crystal blue waters but the urban fabric is unconsidered, uninteresting and largely in decay. Smart Design Studio capitalised on this unique setting by creating a building that focused on the wonderful [...]

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The Donald Everett Axinn ’51 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Starr Library in Middlebury, Vermont, United States

The Donald Everett Axinn ’51 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Starr Library designed by CBT Architects is located in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. As the winning entry to a college-sponsored design competition, the design for the new Axinn Center at Starr Library meets all the criteria that Middlebury College stated in its brief. [...]

Tags: Academia, Axinn Center, CBT, Center for Literary and Cultural Studies, Education, energy conscious systems, Higher education, Liberal arts colleges, Middlebury, Middlebury College, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, New England, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, New England Small College Athletic Conference, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Starr Library, United States, Vermont