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The architecture of universities

How the way we design buildings affects the way students learn.
  • Fruitful conversations can take place where you might least expect them to, says Satwinder Samra.

    All together now: how to build a social campus

    Awkward, disconnected, chilly spaces keep conversations to a minimum. A well-designed university makes room for people to share ideas
  • Ogden centre, Durham

    The cosmologist who makes beautiful university buildings appear

    When Carlos Frenk moved to the UK from Mexico, the state of university buildings shocked him. So he decided to make them better
  • Spiral path in a library

    Brutalist blocs and striking sculptures: test your knowledge of quirky campuses

    How well do you know the architectural eccentricities of universities? Take our quiz on higher education’s distinctive designs
  • outdoor office

    The open-plan university – noisy nightmare or buzzing ideas hub?

    Gail Kinman and Iain Garfield
    Do universities need to break down their dividing walls or give people private space to think? A researcher and an estates manager go head-to-head
  • The Hebei Academy of Fine Arts in Xinle, China

    University buildings that break the mould - in pictures

  • Ocad building in Toronto

    Flashy university buildings: do they live up to the hype?

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