![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-01.jpeg)
SAKO Architects has sent us photos of a kindergarten they designed in Tianshui, China, that features a white exterior with a kaleidoscope of colors.
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-02.jpg)
The kindergarten, built in a small provincial town, features white exterior walls with windows in the shape of local yao-tung arches.
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-03.jpg)
Sunlight from the glass roof penetrates and reflects off the colored glass of the balustrade, creating shades of various colors. The entire atrium is like a kaleidoscope that is constantly changing from moment to moment.
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-04.jpg)
A total of 438 pieces of 10 different colors of colored glass were used throughout the building for the windows and railings.
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-05.jpg)
The shadows repeatedly expand and contract as the colors overlap each other and become different colors, or as they move from the vertical to the horizontal plane.
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-06.jpeg)
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-07.jpeg)
The rooftop, which also features colorful glass, allows the children to see the world through a different lens.
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/white-building-with-colourful-rainbow-accents-111123-1213-08.jpeg)
Here’s a look at the first-floor plan and the section drawing of the building.
![A modern white kindergarten features 10 different colors of colored glass throughout its design.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/architecture-building-diagram-layouts-111123-1213-09.jpg)