David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled the design for the SEK$2.5bn (approximately US$280m) Nobel Centre in Sweden, dedicated to the life’s work of Alfred Nobel. Located on Stockholm’s waterfront between Södermalm…

Danish architect Henning Larsen has unveiled the winning design for the Glyvra School in the Faroe Islands, set to be transformed into a 10,000-sq-m “learning village”. Set in a cluster…

Canada used to be the only G7 country without a dedicated pathway to a rail engineering degree, but with an explosion in rail transit mega projects now underway, that has…

Skanska and the University of South Florida have kicked off the fifth cohort of their joint “Mentor Protégé Program”, a free 12-week course aimed at helping small, local construction businesses…

UK-headquartered contractor Balfour Beatty this week announced four education-related projects in the US together worth $338m. Three are residential and hospitality projects in Florida worth $168m, and the fourth is…

UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has unveiled the design for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The 23,000 sq m development will…

Turner Construction has won three contracts from three US colleges: the University of California Merced, the University of Kentucky and Case Western Reserve University. In California, Turner will provide construction…

The Nieri Department of Construction, Development and Planning at South Carolina’s Clemson University has enjoyed a 100% job placement rate for its undergraduate construction science and management majors for the…

Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been chosen to design the extension of an urban campus for Hongik University in Seoul. The college, a private facility focusing on…

Dutch architect MVRDV and Canada’s Diamond Schmitt have designed a building for the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus. The project will give the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health…

Construction has begun on a research, enterprise and innovation centre being developed by Harvard University and real estate company Tishman Speyer in Allston, Boston. The masterplan of the 900,000 sq…

Swedish contractor Skanska has won two deals worth a total of $198m: a STEM building for Texas State University and renovation work for the Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital Tower in…

Nasa and the University of California at Berkeley are to collaborate on the development of a 36-acre site in San Jose for research into aviation and space exploration. The 1.4…

Australian contractor Broad Construction is to build a Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Centre in the campus of a Queensland university. Technical and Further Education Queensland (TAFE) is working on the…

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is once again looking for the next generation of international industry leaders for the 10th annual Global Student Challenge. First launched in 2014, the…

Swedish contractor Skanska has completed work on the 72,000 sq ft Joan Perry Brock Centre at Virginia’s Longwood University. The building is named after a local philanthropist and alumni of…

Chicago architect Perkins & Will has won a design competition for the Bezos Learning Center, a new facility at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Located…