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The vertical campus turned outside in: Wurun Senior College

The vertical campus turned outside in: Wurun Senior College

The winner of The Learning Space at the 2023 INDE.Awards has been named: Wurun Senior Campus by GHD Design and Grimshaw.

One architect’s journey from Everest Base Camp to rebuilding education in Nepal

One architect’s journey from Everest Base Camp to rebuilding education in Nepal

Since the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, architect Neill Johanson of Davenport Campbell has been working to rebuild schools and support communities in Nepal’s remote regions. It’s a pro-bono project that has expanded from emergency efforts to a wider and longer-lasting vision.

Mixing it up – Port Melbourne Secondary College by BLP

Mixing it up – Port Melbourne Secondary College by BLP

This secondary school design challenges convention of form and facilitates the new thinking that is shaping pedagogical environments. Here’s how.

Wurun Senior Campus, the height of education design in Melbourne

Wurun Senior Campus, the height of education design in Melbourne

Winner of The Learning Space at 2023 INDE.Awards, Wurun Senior Campus by GHD Design and Grimshaw features terraces in the sky and dynamic learning neighbourhoods that turn the vertical school model outside-in. Senior year just got better.

Reimagining the full spectrum of student space: Hassell completes UQ Student Central

Reimagining the full spectrum of student space: Hassell completes UQ Student Central

At The University of Queensland, Hassell has consolidated facilities across indoor and outdoor spaces in order to create a harmonious and supportive environment for students. It’s a project that aims to reinvent the delivery of student services.

Flooring that puts learning first: St Joseph’s Ferntree Gully

Flooring that puts learning first: St Joseph’s Ferntree Gully

The Ferntree Gully Campus project’s sophisticated design vision combines with eco-friendly carpet tiles from Carpet Inter and Above Left to provide a comfortable and productive learning environment.

“Imagining a future history”: The six new schools of outer Melbourne

“Imagining a future history”: The six new schools of outer Melbourne

The task facing ARM Architecture was to create six new schools across five sites in Melbourne’s outer suburbs.

An education in revitalisation: BSPN in Somerville House’s heritage heart

An education in revitalisation: BSPN in Somerville House’s heritage heart

BSPN has restored Fewings Building’s Queenslander vernacular, recapturing its former glory while bringing it well and truly into the 21st century.

The school that went underground: Ivanhoe’s world class sporting complex

The school that went underground: Ivanhoe’s world class sporting complex

At Ivanhoe Grammar, McIldowie Partners has tackled a demanding brief head-on. With multiple levels and a wealth of facilities, the new Sports and Aquatic Centre brings top class facilities without losing a connection to the landscape.

“Stronger than before” – Clifton Creek Primary School revived from the ashes of 2020

“Stronger than before” – Clifton Creek Primary School revived from the ashes of 2020

The devastating 2019-2020 bushfires forever changed Australia’s physical and spiritual landscape – especially for rural communities such as Clifton Creek, Victoria. Architecture firm AOA Christopher Peck recently delivered a message of hope to the people of Clifton Creek with the rebuild of its beloved primary school.

Monica Edwards comment: Seizing the aha! moment

Monica Edwards comment: Seizing the aha! moment

In this article, SJB’s Monica Edwards writes on how straddling the role of educator and designer can help us pose the questions that really matter in learning environments, and in life.

Embedded in the bushland: Elkhorn Building by m3architecture

Embedded in the bushland: Elkhorn Building by m3architecture

Purposefully engaged with its surrounding landscape, this University of Queensland precinct by m3architecture ensures plants are always the focus.