Does that make sense for people? It does. Such a school – Fuji Kindergarten in suburban Tokyo, by Tezuka Architects – was awarded the Moriyama RAIC International Prize in Toronto on Tuesday.

We begin with a radically open-concept kindergarten. Takaharu Tezuka is one of the architects who designed Fuji Kindergarten, in Japan. He says observing his own kids helped to inform the design.

The list consists of the "Shobac Campus" in Upper Kingsburg, N.S., by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects; 8 House in Copenhagen by Bjarke Ingels Group; Fuji Kindergarten in Tokyo by Tezuka ...

Fuji Kindergarten in Tokyo, Japan has been hailed around the world for its innovative design. Tezuka Architects designed the round school around a tree. (Forgemind ArchiMedia, Flickr cc) ...

Tezuka Architects completed the Ring around a Tree - an annex building to their Fuji Kindergarten.The Tokyo-based office Tezuka architects completed the “Ring around a Tree” - an annex building to the ...

Moriyama-Prize 2017: An award-winning Kindergarten in Tokyo The Fuji Kindergarten in Tokyo won over the jury of the Moriyama Prize in 2017. The award is primarily aimed at projects that focus on ...