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Hewitt Studios Hereford Arts Space

The Arts Space, Hereford College of Arts by Hewitt Studios

A glulam timber frame and locally sourced timber cladding were used for this specialist arts college

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Bennetts takes wraps off St Antony’s College double

Bennetts Associates has completed two five-storey student housing blocks for St Antony’s College in Oxford

Herzog & de Meuron's proposed new Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford

Herzog & de Meuron wins planning for Oxford government school

Swiss practice Herzog & de Meuron has won planning permission for its contentious Blavatnik School of Government scheme in Oxford

Patel Taylor’s £16.5 million student centre scheme  for the University of Essex in Colchester

Patel Taylor’s Essex university student centre starts on site

[First look + plans + project data] Patel Taylor’s £16.5 million student centre for the University of Essex in Colchester has started on site

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Red brick music box: Bramall Music School by Glenn Howells Architects

The secret to Glenn Howells Architects’ Bramall Music School’s auditorium acoustics is its low ventilation noise, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Edmund Sumner

WINNER: Reiach & Hall and Michael Laird Architects' competition-winning scheme for the City of Glasgow College [Glasgow Learning Quarter - a consortium led by Sir Robert McAlpine]. Cathedral Street view

Reiach & Hall and Michael Laird win go-ahead for Glasgow supercampus

Reiach & Hall and Michael Laird Architects have won planning permission for their competition-winning scheme to create a new super-campus for the City of Glasgow College

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A great Gatsby: Saïd Business School by Dixon Jones

With its Phase 2 West Wing of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, Dixon Jones has created a distinctive new oasis for young thrusters, writes Jay Merrick. Photography by Paul Riddle

John McAslan + Partners' competition-winning masterplan scheme for the British School in Rio de Janeiro [Barra campus] - pool view

McAslan wins Rio British School contest

John McAslan + Partners has won the invited competition organised by the British School in Rio de Janeiro to overhaul its Barra campus next to Brazil’s 2016 Olympic park

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Allies and Morrison unveils Elephant & Castle academy

[FIRST LOOK] Allies and Morrison has completed an academy for 925 boys at the Aylesbury Estate in south London

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Secluded wonderland: Montpelier Nursery by AY Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth finds AY Architects’ Montpelier Nursery in Camden an enchanting and imaginative building that perfectly captures the needs of childhood. Photography by Nick Kane

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