For the new educational buildings projects architects are using a modern design, involving glass and steel to create spaces with a lot of light and of course resistant and durable. I might say that the students that are learning or will learn in these buildings are pretty lucky fellows cause a new and modern building is not only about the facade, it also has a lot more facilities than the ones that have been built a few decades ago.

Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia – FJMT

Business School and Teaching Complex in Auckland, New Zealand – FJMT and Archimedia

A New Student Learning Centre for Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada – Snøhetta and ZPA

Yale Art and Architecture Building in Connecticut, USA – Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects

Dalian School in Dalian, China – Debbas Architecture

Hedley Bull Centre in Victoria, Australia – Lyons

IMI International Management Institute Kolkata in West Bengal, India – Abin Design Studio

House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark – Coop Himmelb(l)au

FIU Chapman Graduate School of Business in Miami, Florida, USA – KPF

University of Tasmania School of Medicine in Tasmania, Australia – Lyons

Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research in Copenhagen, Denmark – Henning Larsen Architects

Singapore University of Technology and Design – UNStudio and DP Architects

American University School of International Service in Washington DC, USA – William McDonough + Partners and Quinn Evans

POSTECH Marine Sciences Campus in Uljin, South Korea – SmithGroup

Dental College in New Delhi, India – Romi Khosla Design Studios

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Administration and Information Centre in Suzhou, China – “>Aedas

Diller Scofidio and Renfro to Design Columbia Business School in New York, USA – DS+R

Mashouf Performing Arts Center at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, USA – Michael Maltzan Architecture

Luneburg University’s Libeskind Building in Luneburg, Germany – Daniel Libeskind

Columbia University Northwest Corner Building in New York, USA – Rafael Moneo, Davis Brody Bond Aedas and Moneo Brock Studio

Epiphany School in Seattle, USA – Miller Hull Partnership

Icelandic Institute of Natural History in Gardabaer, Iceland – ARKÍS architects

KAUST University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – HOK

When it comes to sports facilities projects architects have become more and more ambitious in the last years, creating wonderful masterpieces that not only prove their usefulness but can also be considered as landmarks thanks to their impressive architecture.
You’ll see mostly stadiums in this article, but don’t worry, the other projects are as impressive as the football arenas.

Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex proposal – Studio Symbiosis

Hangzhou Sports Park in Hangzhou, China – NBBJ and CCDI

2014 Asian Games Main Stadium in Incheon, South Korea – Populous and Heerim Architects and Planners

Solar Powered Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan – Toyo Ito

This one actually impressed me and it’s the first of its kind. The incredible thing about it is that it could potentially generate 1.14 gigawatt hours of electricity every year, enough to power up to 80% of the surrounding neighborhood.

Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan – Kenzo Tange

Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia – UPI-2M

Aquatic Center in London, England – Zaha Hadid

Gymnasium, Swimming Pool proposal in Yongjia, China – Idea Image Institute of Architects

Shide Stadium in Dalian, China – NBBJ

Health & Sports Education Center of Kang-won National University in Gangwon-do, South Korea – Chul-Hee, Kang and Idea Image Institute of Architects

Four Sport Scenarios in Medellín, Colombia – Giancarlo Mazzanti and Felipe Mesa (Plan:b)

Zamet Centre in Rijeka, Croatia – 3LHD

San Diego Stadium Master Plan in San Diego, USA – de bartolo + rimanic design studio and McCullough Landscape Architecture

World Village of Women Sports in Malmo, Sweden – BIG

Sports City Stadium in Doha, Qatar – Populous

Taekwondo Park World Headquarters in Muju, South Korea – Weiss/Manfredi

Chess-club Building in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia – Erick van Egeraat

New Dalian Shide FC Stadium in Dalian, China – UNStudio