The Sugar House Island Primary School

London, England

The Sugar House Island Primary School, located in London, (a city that truly understands how background buildings together can make for the fabric of a world’s great city) is a lovely new school for young children. Many new schools are in your face affairs that feel dated not long after they are completed, but not this one. While being new and modern, it at the same time feels timeless – has it been there for 30 years or just 3 months? Also us ing brick, the details are gorgeous and the result is a school that is grounded, dependable and friendly. It does not condescend to the children or try to force inauthentic expression. Its just beautifully executed and designed with care. The careful choice of color, the highly restrained palette and loving attention to brick coursing, it is almost like a school child wearing a respectable school uniform – but with crazy braids in her hair that allows individual uniqueness to shine through the conformity. Solid, dependable and safe – exactly where you want your kids to be –but never boring.