Reinventing Kids' Spaces/Playgrounds
Kids have boundless imaginations. No matter how poor, colorless and toyless their environment, they’ll find a way to play. They will play with stones, twigs, grass and water, and they will play with...
View ArticleFitzroy High School, Melbourne
Fitzroy High School has a long history in Melbourne, Australia. The government school closed in 1992 but it re-opened in 2004, after an 11-year campaign by parents and residents. In 2009, its senior...
View ArticleLe Marais du Billet School - Switzerland
We would not have dreaded back-to-school if our school had looked like this! In fact, most of us would be happy if our office looked like this! Interestingly, more and more schools are starting to...
View ArticleSports Halls of Eichi Centre - Switzerland
Wasn’t it Andy Warhol who said something like “if we are going to be living much longer, we’d better learn to remain children much longer”? We are becoming more and more attached to this wise...
View ArticleCrocodiles Inspire Kids To Discover - Tel Aviv, Israel
There are no alligators outside this cool kindergarten, located in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel. But inside, there definitely are alligators and they are white. White alligators may not be the...
View ArticleSculptural Playground - Wiesbaden, Germany
As we continue to wonder why so much more time, energy and attention is lavished on adults' play and entertainment spaces than on kids' play and entertainment spaces, we sometimes find a cool spot...
View ArticleJerusalems David Citadel Hotel New Kids' Playroom
Most hotels are decidedly kid-unfriendly, and even more so are hotels such as Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel, known as the home-away-from-home for the world’s celebrities and political leaders. So,...
View ArticleYouth Factory - Merida, Spain
Youth Factory, Factoría Joven, in Mérida, Spain, is an example of what can be done if a regional government works with the community and local designers to meet the needs of youth that may otherwise...
View ArticleEcole Maternelle Pajol - Paris
Ecole Maternelle Pajol, a four-classroom kindergarten on Rue Pajol in Paris’s 18th arrondissement, combines so many of the things we love. Parisian architecture office Palatre & Leclère has...
View ArticleBlaxland Riverside Park - Sydney, Australia
JMD Design of Redfern, Sydney has created a cool kids’ outdoor space that makes us all want to run free and wild, with our hair blowing happily in the wind and our bodies full of positive energy....
View Article2Day Langauges Spanish School - Valencia, Spain
Once again, we find ourselves featuring the work of Masquespacio, the Valencia, Spain, based studio with an eye for crisp, fresh interiors. Masquespacio’s principal, Ana Milena Hernández Palacios, has...
View ArticleEducational Centre - Tel Aviv, Israel
We love children’s spaces that celebrate the creativity and freedom of body and mind. This Educational Centre, located in the Kfar Shemaryahu area of Tel Aviv, Israel, surely does that. The 2,400...
View ArticleKids Playground by Espace Libre
Children deserve much more attention in urban planning than what they are getting currently. As small children and toddlers are not likely to raise their voices to demand the attention, it is up to us...
View ArticleKids Museum of Glass - Shanghai
In 2011, we wrote about the newly opened Shanghai Museum of Glass (SHMOG) designed by Coordination Asia’s founder and CEO, Tilman Thürmer. More recently, Thürmer’s team completed the Kids’ Museum of...
View ArticleMama Smile - Tokyo
In this children’s indoor playground called Mama Smile, French-born, Tokyo-based architect, Emmanuelle Moureaux, has created a friendly and harmonious atmosphere that gives both children and parents a...
View ArticleDaniel Buren - Child's Play Exhibition, Naples
If you are in Naples this summer, check out the Madre contemporary art museum’s, Child’s Play, created by by the 77-year-old French artist Daniel Buren. Buren, known for his use of bold stripes in his...
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