Inventive university buildings from around the globe serve their academic communities while aiming to make their institutions into good neighbors.

In SQUARE by Sou Fujimoto Architects at the University of St. Gallen, transparency reigns supreme.

The project by Undurraga Devés Arquitectos and Konrad Brunner Arquitectos marries the university's gardens and winding paths with the fabric of the city's historic center.

A low-carbon reboot transforms a hulking 1970s building into an open, daylit student center for sports, research, lectures and gathering.

Mario Cucinella Architects brings forward-thinking design to the eternal city.

After a devastating flood, BNIM designs an art museum for the University of Iowa that safeguards the collection and connects to the surroundings.

The Denver-based firms provide the once-industrial River North Arts District with an accessible green space that offers curated views of the Platte River.

Closed off to the street, a Casablanca Villa opens up to expansive interiors and serene courtyards.

Located in the city of Porto-Vecchio, this scalloped cultural center circumvents existing cork oaks olive trees and granite boulders.

As an exercise in analyzing carbon costs, the modernist masterpiece has been replicated in timber sourced from Galician forests.