Azure: AZ Awards 2019 Winner: Neeson Cripps Academy

Awards, Press 06.11.2019
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Azure Magazine

Architecture’s greatest power is its ability to transform – a site, a mood, a community. The Neeson Cripps Academy in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, is a beautiful testament to that force. Built near the site of the former Stung Meanchey landfill, one of the world’s most notorious garbage dumps, the academy is helping to eradicate poverty by providing 400 children with a world-class education. Many of those children once scavenged the dump as a means of supporting their families.

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