Lycée Régional René Goscinny in Drap, France, by José Morales with Rémy Marciano, 2012. The following text and images are courtesy of José Morales. ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE The building is accessed from an upper platform which leads to common facilities rooms and to ...Read More
Universidade Agostinho Neto in Luanda, Angola by Perkins + Will, 2011. Luanda, the capital of Angola and its largest city, is located on the country's Atlantic coast, only 8.4-degrees latitude south of the equator. Both the city and country are undergoing ...Read More
KU Lied Center Addition in Lawrence, Kansas by Helix Architecture + Design, 2011. The Lied Center of Kansas at the University of Kansas (KU) consists of a 2,000-seat multi-purpose theater with rehearsal rooms, dressing rooms, and administrative spaces. Completed in 1993 ...Read More
Niemenranta Elementary School in Oulunsalo, Finland, by alt Architects + Architecture Office Karsikas, 2012. The following text and images are courtesy alt Architects. Photographs are by Ville-Pekka Ikola and Kalle Vahtera. Niemenranta Elementary School is located in a new residential area in ...Read More
Integrated Elementary-Middle School Complex in Rome, Italy by Herman Hertzberger and Marco Scarpinato, 2012. Writing about this recently completed school in the Romanina section of Rome is not an easy feat, given that Herman Hertzberger's buildings beg to be visited to ...Read More
Sølvgade School in Copenhagen, Denmark by C. F. Møller Architects, 2012. Like a lot of architecture built in European cities, the six-story addition to Copenhagen's Sølvgade School -- the oldest school in Denmark -- must contend with history while dealing with ...Read More
Family Crèche in Drulingen, France by Fluor Architects, 2010. Drulingen is a small town in the Alsace region of northeastern France. One of the main routes into town from the nearby motorway is Rue de Phalsbourg, on which this "Family Crèche" ...Read More
Childcare Center in Maria Enzersdorf, Austria by MAGK and illiz architektur, 2011. A small school in the town of Maria Enzersdorf, south of Vienna, required expansion in line with the community's growing population. A 2008 competition called for an addition with ...Read More
A, B, C Lecture Halls at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland by Zalewski Architecture Group, 2011. In undergraduate architecture school I recall hearing a professor say, during a crit for a proposed addition to the art school on campus, ...Read More
Kindergarten (KIGA) in Neufeld an der Leitha, Austria by SOLID architecture, 2010. The influence of the Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois, designed by Perkins + Will (then Perkins, Wheeler, and Will) with Eliel and Eero Saarinen in 1940, is undeniable. ...Read More
