For architects, schools are often complex structures to design. They must provide a variety of spaces for education, and also consider sports and recreational activities. But beyond its size or surface, the greatest challenge is to design an area that fosters a positive pedagogical environment for children. Below, a selection of +70 school projects with their drawings to inspire your proposals for learning campuses.
Lishin Elementary School Library / TALI DESIGN
Ratchut School / Design in Motion
Skovbakke School / CEBRA
Schoolgarden “De Buitenkans” / RO&AD Architecten
Glassell School of Art / Steven Holl Architects
Astronomical Park of Zhenze High School / Specific Architects + Unit Architects
Secondary School in Cabrils / Josep Val Ravell + Arnau Solé Simón
School of Alfa Omega / RAW Architecture
School Extension La Fontaine / LT2A
School in Port / Skop
The French International School of Beijing / Jacques Ferrier Architecture
Fênix / Arquitetura Nacional
Marlborough Primary School / Dixon Jones
Hangzhou Gudun Road Primary School / GLA
Agricultural School Bella Vista / CODE
Daishan Primary School / ZHOU Ling Design Studio
Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years & Science Centre / McBride Charles Ryan
Bamboo Sports Hall for Panyaden International School / Chiangmai Life Construction
Elite English Training School / B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Ruyton Girls' School / Woods Bagot
Bio-climatic Preschool / BC architects
BAPS Swaminarayan Girls Residence School / Kapadia Associates
Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School / FAX ARCHITECTS
The Saint George College’s Gymnasium / Gonzalo Mardones V Arquitectos
Oak House High School Building / Trasbordo Arquitectura
Music School / BAROZZI VEIGA
Tjørring School / FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects
Xiashan Primary School / STI Studio from the Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University
Primary School Gartenhof / BUR Architekten
Collège Maxime Javelly / Céline Teddé & Jérôme Apack architectes
Bedales School Art and Design / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
BuBaO Sint-Lievenspoort / evr-Architecten + Callebaut Architecten
Tiantai No.2 Primary School / LYCS Architecture
Eco Moyo Education Centre- Classroom and Library / The Scarcity and Creativity Studio
Axis Pramiti / The Purple Ink Studio
Akademeia High School in Warsaw / Medusagroup
Primary School La Couyere / Atelier 56S
Schools in Africa and mango trees / WAYAiR Foundation
Copenhagen International School Nordhavn / C.F. Møller
School Campus De Vonk - De Pluim / NL Architects
Simone Veil’s group of schools in Colombes / Dominique Coulon & associés
Blue School Middle School / PellOverton Architects
School Jean-Monnet / Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architects + CDA Architectes
Lycee Schorge Secondary School / Kéré Architecture
Montserrat Vayreda School / BAAS Arquitectura
Tanpo Solar School / Csoma's Room Foundation
COF Outreach Village Primary Schools / Studio FH Architects
St. Nicholas School / aflalo/gasperini arquitetos
Highgate Primary School / iredale pedersen hook architects
Bann Huay San Yaw- Post Disaster School / Vin Varavarn Architects
InsideOut School / Andrea Tabocchini & Francesca Vittorini
Augustinianum / architecten|en|en + Studio Leon Thier
Extension of the Charlie Chaplin School Complex / SAM architecture
School of Arts Calaisis / ARC.AME
Cascade High School Expansion / Neumann Monson Architects
Chiryu Afterschool / MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO
Dos Plátanos School / Murmuro
Min Tu Won School / Orbe Architecture + Estudio Cavernas + INDA + W.E. Wattanachote + Lasavanic
Children Village / Rosenbaum + Aleph Zero
Animo South Los Angeles High School / BROOKS + SCARPA
New Jerusalen de Miñaro Primary School / Semillas
Maria Montessori Mazatlán School / EPArquitectos + Estudio Macías Peredo
120-Division School / WAU Design
Lanka Learning Center / feat.collective
Rehabilitation of an old School for the Flamenco Interpretation Center / García Torrente Arquitectos
Singapore International School of Bangkok - Phase II / Plan Architect
School and Community Center “B³ Gadamerplatz” / Datscha Architekten
School Hoek / ebtca architecten
Hall of Literature & Garden at Taizhou High School / Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT
Rural School Alto del Mercado / Ana Elvira Vélez + Juan B. Echeverri
After-School Care Centre Waldorf School / MONO Architekten
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on October 14, 2018, and updated on September 14, 2020.
