Hong Kong-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) OneSky Centre is the city’s biggest childcare centre that provides free education to children from underprivileged backgrounds. Recently, it tasked New York- and Hong Kong-based award-winning practice Avoid Obvious,…
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Community architecture Education Interiors
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Education Interiors
Shenzhen kindergarten by VMDPE Design balances structured spaces with abstract areas
Vinci Chan, founder of VMDPE Design reckons that when children learn in a classroom, they greatly benefit from rich educational content. However, their day-to-day living spaces often remain repetitive and jaded. While designing this…
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Architecture Building Materials Education
Ho Chi Minh City kindergarten by Kientruc O highlights the building’s lego-like blocks designed for maximum interaction
This kindergarten project in Ho Chi Minh City by architecture practice Kientruc O, led by architect Đàm Vũ, was designed as a learning space that triggers and encourages meaningful interaction among the children and…
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Education Interiors
DZ Design creates space-efficient reception lounge in Dubai school with biophilic elements
Dubai-based DZ DESIGN, led by interior architect Dina Murali was commissioned by Fortes Education to redesign the administration area of Regent International School in the emirate. Centrally located in The Greens in the Emirates…
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Architecture Education Interiors
HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro designs kindergarten in Japan with elements connected to its community heritage
Located amid the rural fields at the foothills of Mt Kirishima in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan, the MRN Kindergarten and Nursery has been designed by architects Hibinosekkei and Youji no Shiro. It’s a well-known deeply-rooted…
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Architecture Education
Woha Architects to transform former wasteland into sustainable campus for Bangladesh university
Singapore-based practice Woha and Brac University have revealed more images of the 5.3-acre university campus, which is expected to be completed by 2021. Located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the project is located on a wasteland…
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Architecture Education
O-office Architects connects horizontal and vertical spaces to focus on interaction in Shenzhen school
Over the past 40 years, Shenzhen has become one of most strategic urban cities in China. Located along the eastern side of the Pearl River Estuary, it has undergone rapid development with skyscrapers mushrooming…