Education
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The way to build?
Canny property developers can create spaces that profit communities as well as their bottom lines.
The opener
How Toronto's 1,500 parks transformed into outdoor classrooms, homeless shelters and community hubs during the pandemic.
Showing resolve
This year’s art and design graduates have had their final shows cancelled. But their determination is unaffected, and their teachers believe this experience could be the making of them.
Dummy run
As adolescent entrepreneurs embrace Canada’s gig economy, the training of babysitters is undergoing a growth spurt.
Designed to learn: Three Swiss schools embracing the architecture of education
Recognising the impact that a school’s design can have on a child’s education, Swiss architects are leading the field in creating more accommodating institutions. We visit three that make the grade.
Back to school
From a baking school helping to cook up a business plan to an arts retreat that will get those creative juices flowing, we pull up a chair at some of the best courses on…
Up and at ’em
Picking yourself up after a fall isn’t easy – especially for refugee children. But a Swiss mountaineer has found a way to help them scale the heights: climbing up a lorry.
Top of the class
Tel Aviv’s Shenkar College is one of the world’s best fashion schools, where design skills and technical nous go hand in hand. But what happens after graduation?
Testing times
What happens if all commutes are free? Or you make young people do national service? Or even pay people for doing nothing at all? We find out.
Under the covers
Artist and historian Rachel Schreiber is the new head of the celebrated Parsons School of Design. As she rethinks its role, she finds solace in the New York Public Library.
