Tag: loc-vancouver-bc

Childcare Facility at Lord Nelson School

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 »

Lord Nelson Elementary School

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 »

Creekside Paddling Centre

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 »

First Nations House of Learning

FNHL Longhouse 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 »

John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse

Completion: 2007Owner: University of British Columbia Richmond, BC The John MS Lecky UBC Boathouse is a two-storey floating building, surrounded by floating concrete docks for the launching of rowing shells as well as the storage of dragon boats and motorized coach boats. Situated on the Middle Arm of the Fraser River, the building is accessed… Read more »

Wayne & William White Engineering Design Centre

Completion: Owner: University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC Marking the eastern gateway to the engineering precinct on the UBC campus, the project gives form to a new engineering program focused on integrated design. It has been recognized that with traditional engineering programs there was very little interaction among the disciplines (mechanical, electrical, civil, etc.), which… Read more »

UBC Bioenergy Demonstration and Research Facility

Completion: Owner: University of British Columbia LEED Gold Award Winning Vancouver, BC [location] In support of UBC’s Sustainability Initiative (USI), the Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility (BRDF) was developed as a demonstration facility, intended to showcase not only energy co-generation by gasification, but also cross laminated timber construction (CLT), as part of the USI’s “campus… Read more »