Eight teams were recognized today as finalists of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom. Finalists submitted designs ranging from an outdoor classroom for children in inner-city Chicago, learning spaces for the children of salt pan workers in India, safe spaces for youth in Bogota, Colombia, a bamboo classroom in the Himalayan mountains. Congratulations to the eight teams!

The competition finalists:

	Project: Adaptable Hillside Classrooms Design Team: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios & AfH UK Partner/ Location: Bunyonyi Community School, Kabale, Uganda Learn More
	Project: Bamboowood School Design Team: Petr Kostner, Martina Sobotkova, Sona Huberova, Czech Republic Partner/ Location: Antarastriya Yuba Barsais, Kavre, Central Nepal Learn More
	Project: Classroom for the saltpan community, Cohesion Foundation Design Team: Rajesh Kapoor, Prashant Solanky, Bharat Karamchandani, Kiran Vaghela, Gujarat, India Partner/Location: Cohesion Foundation, Kutch, Gujarat, India Learn More
	Project: Teton Valley Community School Design team: Section Eight Design, Idaho, United States Partner/ Location: Teton Valley Community School, Victor, Idaho, United States Learn More
	Project: A Sustainable Community Classroom Design Team: Gifford, London, UK Partner/ Location: Building Tomorrow, Uganda Learn More
	Project: House In The Wood / Rowe Elementary School Design team: Built Form, LLC / Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago, United States Partner/Location: Northwestern University Settlement House, Delavan, Wisconsin, United States Learn More
	Project: Justified Architecture in a Landscape of Transformation Design Team: Arquitectura Justa - Wolfgang Timmer, Fabiola Uribe, T. Luke Young, Bogota, Colombia Partner/ Location: Waldorf Educational & Social Organization, Ciudad Bolívar, Bogota, Colombia Learn More
	Project: Blurred Classroom Design team: Gensler, New York, United States Partner/ Location: Future Leaders’ Institute, New York, New York, United States Learn More