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Universities encompass various styles, functions, and purposes, including academic buildings, libraries, research centers, student housing, recreational facilities, and administrative offices. Universities are often designed to create an inspiring and functional learning environment for students and faculty while reflecting the institution’s values, culture, and history. Many renowned architects have been commissioned to design university buildings, resulting in some of the most iconic and innovative architectural masterpieces worldwide. Examples include the Salk Institute by Louis Kahn, the Leicester University Engineering Building by James Stirling and James Gowan, and the Yale University Art Gallery by Louis I. Kahn.
The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, was designed by Laurie Baker in the early 1970s. It is an academic institution focused on socio-economic research and sustainable architecture….
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CuBo, the Cultural Box at the Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, is the first project realized within the thirty-year Horti Academici Master Plan. Designed by Labics in collaboration with Topotek1, the…
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The Royal College of Art (RCA) campus in Battersea, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, represents a new chapter in the 185-year-old institution’s evolution. Inaugurated between 2018 and 2021, this…
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The Institute of Indology, designed by Indian architect Balkrishna V. Doshi, is a seminal example of modern Indian architecture’s deep engagement with its cultural roots. Completed in 1962 in Ahmedabad,…
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The Geisel Library, designed in the 1960s by architect William Leonard Pereira, is renowned for its futuristic design reminiscent of the space age. Pereira, also known for projects like the…
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The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), designed by B.V. Doshi, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect renowned for his contributions to Indian architecture, was completed in 1983. It is an educational…
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The recent completion of the Engineering Laboratories at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, a project led by Juan Pablo Ortiz and TALLER Architects, marks a significant milestone in the realm of institutional…
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Finalized in 1976 under the visionary stewardship of American architect Craig Ellwood, the Art Center College of Design emerges as an architectural gem nestled in the heart of Pasadena, California….
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The Med Campus Graz, designed by Riegler Riewe Architekten, corresponds to the regularity and objectivity of the graphic facade drawing. The HBK Module 2 was completed in the fall of…
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The conversion project preservers the external shape and proportions of the original 1980s canteen building. The main intervention is the creation of a generous central hall – a social center…
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The Danish architecture firm Cobe has won the prestigious international competition for a new university library in the heart of Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg. In addition to providing a new…
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In the late ’60s, Togo Murano was asked to re-design the earlier wooden facilities of the Japan Lutheran Theological seminary which was one of the leading theological study centers in…
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Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara from Grafton Architects have been named the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates. In 2008 they completed the Luigi Bocconi University that was praised as a…
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Conceived in 1959 by renowned architects James Stirling and James Gowan, the Engineering Building at the University of Leicester stands as a quintessential example of mid-20th-century architecture. This iconic structure…
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