“They’re healthier.” Fuji Kindergarten is built on the principle of openness Three 25-metre zelkova trees grow through the roof, with nets stretching around them so that up to 100 kids can climb them ...

Tezuka Architects’ Amazing Fuji Kindergarten Wraps Around a 100-Year-Old Zelkova Tree Architecture Design Architecture 04/12/2013 under Architecture, Design ...

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 ...

A new addition to an existing building celebrates a Japanese Zelkova tree at the Fuji Kindergarten in Japan. Designed by Yui and Takaharu Tezuka, the glass and wood structure wraps itself around ...

Kids run on the roof and climb trees at 'the world's best kindergarten' By Chris Weller Tezuka Architects/Flickr Dec 4, 2015, 7:45 AM PT ...

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) ...

When Fuji Kindergarten in Tokyo was awarded the Moriyama RAIC International Prize in September, it marked an affirmation of the building’s innate ability to teach and inspire at both the local and ...

The Japanese Zelkova The project consists of a wood and transparent glass volume spiraling upward, enveloping a Japanese Zelkova tree. This is not just any tree anywhere, but a Zelkova with a story ...

Fuji Kindergarten awarded $100,000 global architecture prize Fuji Kindergarten in suburban Tokyo was awarded the Moriyama RAIC International Prize in Toronto on Tuesday. KATSUHISA KIDA ...

Canada may not have a school quite as open as Fuji Kindergarten but there are districts that are experimenting with alternative classroom designs. From Vancouver to Regina to Nova Scotia, you'll ...