Vancouver, BC [location] This school design was all about achieving excellence through efficiency. In fact, post-occupancy analysis has demonstrated this to be the Vancouver School District’s most energy efficient school by a wide margin. Achieving peak energy performance began with passive design fundamentals, including: an east-west orientation and carefully designed windows that bring natural light… Read more »
108 Mile Ranch, BC [location] This is a joint project for five First Nations in the interior plateau of British Columbia. Their intent is to celebrate and exhibit their history and cultural traditions for the general public – and for their own peoples – within an accessible, local facility. The design proposes a responsible model… Read more »
Vancouver, BC [location] This new centre for education and culture, located on Vancouver’s rapidly densifying Cambie Street corridor, supports a language school and an ambitious array of cultural activities. The vision was to provide an authentic cultural experience, where students and visitors are immersed in French culture, while accessing the language instruction that is at… Read more »
Lake Errock, BC [location] The Sq’ewlets Child Care centre, located in the heart of the Sq’ewlets community in Lake Errock, British Columbia, provides 12 infant-toddler spaces and 24 spaces for children between three and five. This new 450 m² facility benefits from a central location beside established community facilities such as a playground, administration building,… Read more »
Completion: Owner: Vancouver Board of Education Vancouver, BC [location] This new childcare facility, built on top of the new Lord Nelson Elementary School, offers four distinct childcare spaces for children ranging from infants to pre-school. With a capacity of 69 children, the new facility offers common spaces for parents and teachers, and comprehensive child-centred spaces…. Read more »
Completion: Owner: Snuneymuxw First Nation Snuneymuxw First Nation, Nanaimo BC This new elementary school for the Snuneymuxw First Nation offers a contemporary educational environment that supports 21st Century educational principles, while cloaked in a building form that takes inspiration from the traditional architecture of the Coast Salish People. The new school contains classrooms, project rooms… Read more »
Completion: Owner: Vancouver Board of Education Vancouver, BC [location] This new elementary school for a population of 450 students is a two-storey facility, with a rooftop childcare centre owned by the City of Vancouver. To facilitate the continued operation of the existing school building (which occupied the centre of the site prior to its demolition)… Read more »
Completion: Owner: City of Vancouver Award Winning Vancouver, BC [location] Located in near the urban core of Vancouver, this floating facility serves the huge demand for public padding programs in False Creek by providing instruction, boats and equipment for public use, and hosting paddling competitions – including North America’s largest Dragon Boat Festival. The concept… Read more »
Completion: Owner: University of British Columbia Award Winning Vancouver, BC The First Nations House of Learning at UBC provides a place for First Nations on the University campus that addresses the past and the future simultaneously. The building form combines the simplicity of traditional construction with a more contemporary form, thus emphasizing the progressive nature… Read more »
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