Over the past decades, timber has expanded its presence in contemporary architecture—driven both by the development of new construction technologies and by the rediscovery of traditional building techniques, all with a focus on lower-impact environmental solutions. Schools are among the building types that best reflect this movement: it is in these environments that the environmental, […]
The new extensions expand the existing school with an auditorium, sports halls, science classrooms, and a canteen. The new volumes read as "pearls on a string"—similar in form but varied in height, stepping towards the street to define the volumetric closure of the campus while creating a generous outdoor forecourt.
As the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 came to a close in Barcelona, one message resurfaced across debates, exhibitions, talks, and conversations alike: the future of architecture will depend less on definitive answers than on the ability to accept change and collectively question established models. At this year's Congress, under the theme "Becoming. Architectures […]