The Rolex Learning Center Is Full of Holes, but That's a Good Thing

With its latest building in Lausanne, Switzerland, Japanese architecture firm SANAA has proposed a new shape for education in the 21st century.

The Japanese architectural duo SANAA is best known for designing the new home of New York's New Museum, a haphazard stack of blocks on the Bowery. Their newest building, which opens its doors next week, has every bit as much minimalist whimsy as the New Museum, but none of the right angles. Instead, the Rolex Learning Center, a research facility for...