Tag: loc-vancouver-bc

Alliance Française

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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 »

Dr George M. Weir Elementary

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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 »

Childcare Facility at Lord Nelson School

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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

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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 »