Ama'r Children's Culture House in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Dorte Mandrup Architects, 2013 The following text and images are courtesy of Dorte Mandrup Architects. [caption id="attachment_5637" align="alignnone" width="510" caption="Photograph by Jens Lindhe"][/caption] The Ama'r Children’s Culture House is an innovative project developed with the ...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
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
"Free Play" Kindergarten in Guntramsdorf, Austria by g.o.y.a., 2010. The following text and images (photos are by Kurt Hörbst) are courtesy g.o.y.a. (group of young architects). The kindergarten is located in a grove of striking chestnut trees. Its rustic design celebrates a ...Read More
Panther Lake Elementary School in Federal Way, Washington by DLR Group, 2009. DLR Group was responsible for two recent elementary schools in Federal Way near Seattle: Panther Lake, adjacent to the a library by Mithun, and Valhalla, at the northern edge ...Read More
La Cabanya Nursery School in Torelló, Spain by SAU Taller d'arquitectura, 2010. On the eastern edge of Torelló, Spain sits the La Cabanya Nursery School, which shares its name with an adjacent park of the same name. Designed by SAU Taller ...Read More
