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(images via: Concept Trends)Green Roof Art School in Singapore
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One of the most amazing green roofs in the world is at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. From a distance, you can barely even tell that the 5-story structure is a building, it blends in so well with its environment. A plethora of glass walls allow plenty of natural light to illuminate the interior, and the grassy roof is used as a meeting space for students. The green roof also insulates the building, cools the surrounding air and harvests rainwater for landscape irrigation.
Modern High School #9 in Central LA
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It looks more like an avant garde art museum design, but this uber-contemporary building by the Austrian design firm
Coop Himmelb(l)au in Central Los Angeles is actually a public high school. High School #9 for the visual and performing arts holds 1,800 students and features an interior theatre that can seat 1,000.Gehry-Designed Stata Center at MIT
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(images via: Dezeen)Victorian College of the Arts School of Drama
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In contrast to the many modern school designs featured here is the Grey Towers Castle of Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The castle was built starting in 1893 as the estate of William Welsh Harrison, and was acquired by the university in 1929. The castle is rumored to have secret passages behind the fireplaces as well as a series of underground tunnels built to connect the main house to stables and outbuildings. It now contains various offices, including that of the President, as well as student residences.
(images via: Yanko Design)Concrete and Glass Gateway Building at MICA
(images via: Architect Magazine)Bold, Contemporary Metzo College in the Netherlands
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The new Metzo College, located in Doetinchem, a City in the East of the Netherlands, is a compact pyramid-shaped building with a scooped-out core containing gardens. Designed to leave as much open space around it as possible, the 6-story building functions as a vocational school as well as public sport facilities.
Henning Larsen University Campus Concept in Kolding, Denmark
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(images via: Edinburgh Architecture)Rafael Arozarena High School, La Orotava, Spain
(images via: Niki Omahe)Bikuben Student Residence, University of Copenhagen
(images via: Best House Design)Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham
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