Tachie, BC [location] This new public building for the Tl’azt’en First Nation will be located in their remote community of Tachie, in north-central British Columbia. The intent is to provide an important gathering place and shared public amenities as a focal point for the community, imbued with Tl’azt’en culture and language, and proudly supporting their… Read more »
Dawson Creek, BC [location] The Northern Lights College Cultural Arbour is a 450-seat covered outdoor amphitheatre, intended to support the college community and local Indigenous peoples with a flexible outdoor gathering place for education, ceremony, and public events. Located at the main entry to the campus, on the main route through town, this multi-purpose venue… Read more »
Surrey, BC [location] Addressing Surrey School district’s rapid growth while enhancing the quality of its learning environments, this two-story school addition exemplifies the thoughtful integration of sustainable design and 21st century learning principles on a restrictive site. Conceived as a 1,000 m² extension to the original single-story school (built in 1989), the addition provides eight… Read more »
Hazleton, BC [location] This new Indigenous high school, located in northern BC, will serve the three First Nation communities of Gitwangak, Gitanyow, and Gitsegukla, whose objective is to “Empower [their] youth through a new secondary school that will offer an innovative combination of provincial curriculum and Gitxsan traditional learning”. The Gitxsan peoples’ ancient pattern of… Read more »
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: 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 »
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