Award for ‘Inspiring Design’

Arup Asociates has won the award for ‘Inspiring Design’ for the Druk White Lotus School they have built in Ladakh Northern India. The award is granted by The British Council for School Environments.
© Christian Richters
The project was instigated by HH The Dalai Lama as a model school in The Himalayas. It is a non-denominational school working from a wholly sustainable campus that has succeeded in making the best of new environmental technology and local skills.
© Graham Brandon
Arus Associates’ focus is an approach to design that sustains all components of humanity: in essence, development that concerns itself with ‘whole life’ sustainability.