The world's best new building is a remote school in the Brazilian rainforest made out of wood and mud-brick

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• A remote school complex in Brazil has just been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Prize for the world's best new building.
• The building was designed by Brazilian architecture studios Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum.
• The boarding facility provides accommodation for 540 children aged 13 to 18 attending the Canuanã School.
• The project was funded by the Bradesco Foundation, which runs a further 39 schools in rural communities of the country.
• The 25,000-square-metre complex is made from local resources such as eucalyptus timber and earth blocks.

Is it a skyscraper? Is it a museum? No, it's a remote school complex on the fringes of the Brazilian rainforest.

This year's Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Prize for the world's best new building has been awarded to Children Village in the northern state of Tocantins.

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