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Cool Schools: 7 Educational Structures Championing Affordable and Sustainable Construction

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Modern educational institutions are also evolving with new technology to offer high-tech learning environments for students. Large glass facades, parametric forms and advanced engineering can be found in some of the leading educational facilities of today. It combines modern construction techniques with traditional bamboo construction.

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Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation

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The new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, designed by Studio Gang and set in Theodore Roosevelt Park, connects 10 buildings across the Museum’s four-block campus, establishing continuous pathways to enhance visitor circulation. Collections Core, which features the Macaulay Family Foundation Collections Gallery.

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The Sponge Evangelist

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Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field.

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General Architecture Collaborative works with Rwandan village to build community centre

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Stone foundations, locally-fired clay bricks and screens of bark and grass were all used in a process of training 390 builders from the nearby village in "sustainable and durable" construction techniques, aiming to have a long-lasting impact on the area. GAC has been working for over a decade with communities in rural Rwanda.

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Pyramid of Tirana by MVRDV

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With an EU Summit and the official inauguration of the building as a free educational faculty for Albanian teens by TUMO on October 16th, the Pyramid is now officially giving back to the people. A stack of coloured boxes containing rooms for education and events are scattered in and around the structure and the park. Source by MVRDV.

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Seven architecture summer schools and online short courses

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This roundup includes self-paced and intensive courses that aim to help students build their architecture portfolios and prepare them for further education. Check out seven short courses taking place in the UK , Austria , Slovenia and online.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

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Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.