York House Senior School York House Senior School
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Location Vancouver, British Columbia Client York House School Project Summary York House School is a leading independent school for girls in Vancouver. The new 36,000 square foot Senior School provides a new entry point for the campus through a soaring glazed portal and circulation crossroads.
Innovative, progressive and collaborative state-of-the-art learning and teaching spaces are adaptable and flexible, with gathering places for informal student and teacher interaction. A simple and spare material palette features textured concrete, wood, glass and stone.
A donor recognition program features the names of thousands of famous women, selected by the students, screen-printed onto a myriad of glass guards delineating the circulation routes throughout the central atrium crossroads.
central atrium crossroads “If York House Senior School is not the most impressive senior school in town, I have not seen nor heard of a more impressive one. Undoubtedly it will set a new standard by which private school design will be measured.”
Board Member West Point Grey Academy
York House Senior School “We love our new school! Thank You!”
York House Senior School “The new Senior School unites the York House campus, linking the Senior and Junior Schools, as well as creating flexible learning spaces to foster creativity and collaboration for students.”
Senior School Renewal Campaign York House School
York House Senior School “At the core of the York House Senior School, the centre of the atrium is a busy crossroads, with students circulating in all directions, anchored by east- and west-facing views, while informal study spaces soften the open area with more intimate pockets.”
Hadani Ditmars, Architecture Critic Canadian Architect
York House Senior School “The design certainly seems to encourage socialization and individuality. Visitors find themselves lingering longer than expected, locked in conversations the gathering spaces seem to inspire, while lounges offer opportunities for group study and personal time.”
Hadani Ditmars, Architecture Critic Canadian Architect
York House Senior School “You and your team should be proud of the outcome on the school. It is nothing less than spectacular. I have really enjoyed the journey with the team.”
Michael Louie, Chair of the Facilities Committee York House School
York House Senior School York House Senior School “Far from any cloying Victorian sense of a ‘school for girls’ hidden away in safe solitude, the new school building offers transparency, illumination and connection to the outdoors.”
Hadani Ditmars, Architecture Critic Canadian Architect
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