the elevated outdoor classroom extends learning beyond the school building
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inside the hand-painted animations bringing isamu noguchi’s unrealized playgrounds to life
Aug 02, 2026päivi raivio’s basic forms turns the barbican into a movable urban playground
Jul 23, 2026sharmistha ray turns pittsburgh pickleball courts into playable geometric artwork
Jul 22, 2026why does creativity need play? lidewij edelkoort & philip fimmano discuss their ‘inner child’
Jul 18, 2026BIGX super sports playground shapes a digital landscape through steel, light, and color
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Jul 21, 2026ida & billy reinterprets hong kong campus modernism through dormitory’s gridded facades
Jun 28, 2026vertical white pillars compose rhythmic facade enfolding primary school in italy
Jun 25, 2026underused house reconfigures into child-centered bright red preschool in india
Aug 05, 2026digitally fabricated plywood pavilion creates shaded curved refuge in chihuahua
Aug 02, 2026timber and wave-like metal reshape lakeside pavilion into family restaurant in china
Jul 30, 2026officina82 reimagines traditional italian hay barn as timber treetop retreat in ligurian alps
Jul 30, 2026studio frank havermans frames 500-year-old dutch house with timber scaffolding structures
ayumi tsuchiya’s wooden sculptures are made for touching, playing, and listening
Aug 04, 2026MAD’s stone-like museum completes across shenzhen bay’s green shoreline
white granite volumes and walkable green roofs turn shenzhen’s newest design museum into a piece of coastal terrain.
Jul 30, 2026officina82 reimagines traditional italian hay barn as timber treetop retreat in ligurian alps
full-height glazing, suspended net and compact sleeping platform shape treeBOX above selucente’s restored alpine hamlet.
Jul 28, 2026frank gehry’s guggenheim abu dhabi to open december 2026 on saadiyat island
after years of planning and construction, the frank gehry-designed museum opens on december 11th, 2026.
Jul 24, 2026since 1989, children’s play is understood as a fundamental right alongside education, shelter, and care – explore what that means for our built environment.
