Designers create learning environments that respond to the threats of a warming planet.

Though still a nascent technology, AI promises to transform the design process and the built environment.

In this special section, we explore how colleges and universities are enriching the experience of education by using smart design to meet current sustainability demands, deploying conventional materials in inventive ways, and engaging with the community on campus and beyond.

SANAA meshes a sinuous cluster of gossamer buildings into the rigid urban plan of Bocconi University’s campus in Milan.

A mixed-use tower complex by NADAAA with Perkins&Will engages its urban surroundings.

A residential college by Barkow Leibinger continues the tradition of good design at Rice University.

A sustainable classroom building by Susan T. Rodriguez | Architecture • Design in collaboration with OPAL embodies the mission of the an environmentally oriented college in Maine.

Teeple Architects’ student-services center at Morgan State provides a welcoming new gateway.

Mark Cavagnero Associates collaborates with SmithGroup to foster well-being at the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building at UCSF Mission Bay.

Digital media give architects a powerful tool for transforming the experience of buildings.