School architects
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about school architects
Project • By Dagher Hanna & Partners • Auditoriums
COLLEGE LOUISE WEGMANN
Built on a sloped site in Jouret El Ballout, Lebanon, the new extension of Collège Louise Wegmann reimagines the relationship between architecture, education, and emotion—offering students a school that is at once playful, generous, and grounded.
Marco Pinarelli
Marco Pinarelli
Marco Pinarelli
Marco Pinarelli
Designed by Dagher Hanna & Partners, the building responds to both the steep topography and the school’s evolving pedagogical mission. A U-shaped addition turnsback toward the existing L-shaped school structure, consolidating the original courtyard and creating a new one in the process. This configuration reinforces spatial coherence across the campus while introducing vital new programmatic... More
Product • By NOOK • Nook Huddle
Nook Huddle
An acoustic gathering spot for powerful work and small meetings. Nook is a mobile work & meeting pod for: • Finding headspace & concentrating • Making phone & skype calls • Holding small meetings & interviews • Networking, dining and so much more More
Project • By Triple O Studio • Primary Schools
Thoraipakkam School
A project of its own challenge and uniqueness that prompted us to shape the very definition of a government school. The main focus was to sculpt the school from an existing plan and dimension into a vibrant zone of learning, a place where kids can finally feel that the school is indeed built for them. Light, color, gathering spaces, greenery, scale, and most importantly, the kids have made this government school as what it is. The design breaks free of the typical rigid composition of a school through the use of Jaalis and height variations in the roof slabs which bring in daylight and ventilation, thus making it a breathing structure More
Project • By General Shale • Primary Schools
New Albany-Plain Local Schools
This new two story, 150,000 square foot academic building features General Shale Buckingham Tudor and Marley Tudor brick. This stately design delivers a timeless, yet sophisticated red school house aesthetic. More
Project • By ArchitectureLIVE • Secondary Schools
St Bartholomews School Enhancement Project, Newbur
St Bartholomew’s, a £40m new build secondary school with a capacity for 1650 pupils, was originally completed in 2010 with Jonathan Gratton as the lead designer and project architect. Given the success of the original design the school re-approached Jonathan with a brief to extend the school with an additional exam space. With St Bartholomew’s agreement, ArchitectureLIVE further developed the project brief to encompass a new multi-purpose space to provide a dedicated foyer for school and community events, a new study area for the 6th Form and extended changing facilities as well as the increased exam capacity.
Whilst the overriding factor for the design was to make the new extension fit in seamlessly with the existing building, the... More