Someone needs to start a blog devoted to school design ASAP. That corner of architecture embraces innovative materials, intriguing shapes and vibrant colour like no other. Perhaps the school element allows one to shed any fear of the very bold and very colourful? Case in point: this gorgeous origami-inspired canopy by architect Julio Barreno Gutiérrez for Principe de Asturias school in Algodonales, southern Spain. The angular structure is designed to shade the playground from the elements and connect its two split levels. Thin sheets of folded steel feature a turquoise roof and hot pink ceiling -— an origami/colour match made in heaven that is equally stunning in daylight and twilight hours. I imagine this school is going to raise a whole generation of little creatives (who never want to leave recess)…
(spotted on/images via dezeen)