
educational: The Latest Architecture and News
Catch Light Classrooms / LAND Arquitectos
Florida State University William H. Johnston Building / Gould Evans Architects
Muenster University Center / Charles Rose Architects Inc.

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Architects: Charles Rose Architects Inc.
- Year: 2009
Niemenranta Elementary School / ALT Architects + Architecture Office Karsikas

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Architects: ALT Architects + Architecture Office Karsikas
- Area: 3670 m²
- Year: 2012
OMA wins competition for new engineering school in France

OMA has been selected from four competing international architectural practices to design the new École Centrale engineering school and its surrounding urban development in the research and innovation zone of Saclay, southwest of Paris.
Spearheaded by Clément Blanchet, director of OMA projects in France, the winning “lab city” concept contrasts the corridor linearity of the typical laboratory. The design proposes a low level, glass-roofed superblock that contains an interior open plan grid, where various activities can interact and be overlooked simultaneously. Continue after the break to learn more.
Shih Chien University Gymnasium and Library / KRIS YAO | ARTECH
Riverbank High School / Darden Architects
Academie MWD Dilbeek / Carlos Arroyo
CEIP de MURO / BB Arquitectes
Bornego College / HVDN + Studioninedots
Alexandre Vachon Pavillon / STGM Architectes

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Architects: STGM Architectes
- Year: 2012
TED Talk: Why Architects Need to Use their Ears / Julian Treasure
In architecture we talk about space and form. We talk about experience and meaning. All of these qualities are inextricably the sensory experience of light, touch, smell and sound. Sound expert Julian Treasure asks architects to consider designing for our ears, citing that the quality of the acoustics of a space affect us physiologically, socially, psychologically and behaviorally.
More after the break.
Amsterdam University College
University of Aberdeen New Library / schmidt hammer lassen architects

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Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
- Year: 2005
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Manufacturers: Ariño Duglass, Rackline, Thrislington Cubicles
Art School in Burgos / Estudio Primitivo González | eGa

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Architects: Estudio Primitivo González | eGa
- Year: 2011
University of Arizona Medical Center South Campus / Cannon Design + CDG Architects
Heathfield Primary School / Holmes Miller Architect
Liceo Franco Mexicano / Alberto Kalach

- Year: 2005
























