Study Abroad

There's nothing elementary about these European schools

Annie Block -- Interior Design, 2/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Solinas + Verd Arquitectos

project Escuela de Educación Infantil, Granada, Spain.

standout Natural light and ventilation inside, plus ample play areas outdoors, drove the design for this public preschool.

photography Roland Halbe.

Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

project Munkegårdsskolen, Dyssegård, Denmark.

standout The restoration-expansion of a landmarked public middle school, completed by Arne Jacobsen in 1957, entailed converting an auditorium into a library and opening up the basement with four crystalline light wells.

photography Adam Mørk/Fabpics.

Augustin und Frank Architekten

project Havelland-Grundschule, Berlin.

standout Asymmetrical shapes dominate this addition to a public elementary school, bringing dynamism to windows, stairwells, and even the ceiling of the canteen.

photography Werner Huthmacher.

GRG Arquitectos

project Colegio Público Nuestra Señora del Castellar, Villarrubia de Santiago, Spain.

standout Doorways in primary colors and fenestration representative of children's different heights define the cement facade of a building converted from teacher housing to classrooms for a public elementary school.

photography Roland Halbe.