Location

Grande Prairie, Alberta

Client

Grande Prairie Public School District No. 2357

Size

5,065 m2

Value

$14.7 million

Completion

November 2007

Named after long-serving Grande Prairie Public School District superintendent and three-term Grande Prairie City Councillor, Derek Taylor Public School is a 400-student pre-kindergarten to Grade 8 school in the southwest Grande Prairie neighbourhood of Mission Heights.

Designed as a two-storey walk-out, this 5,065 m2 facility has separate entrances and wings for its three grade divisions with shared central amenities for all students, including the gymnasium, library, food server and administration suite. A key goal for the school district was to build a school with sufficient flexibility of space to allow a multitude of functions to occur while accommodating future growth and program changes.

Derek Taylor Public School entrance
Derek Taylor Public School entrance
Derek Taylor Public School gymnasium
Derek Taylor Public School gymnasium
Derek Taylor Public School kitchen lab
Derek Taylor Public School classroom
Derek Taylor Public School interior bathroom
Derek Taylor Public School hallway
Derek Taylor Public School workshop
Derek Taylor Public School workshop
Derek Taylor Public School interior
Derek Taylor Public School interior
Derek Taylor Public School entrance
Derek Taylor Public School entrance
Derek Taylor Public School gymnasium
Derek Taylor Public School gymnasium
Derek Taylor Public School kitchen lab
Derek Taylor Public School classroom
Derek Taylor Public School interior bathroom
Derek Taylor Public School hallway
Derek Taylor Public School workshop
Derek Taylor Public School workshop
Derek Taylor Public School interior
Derek Taylor Public School interior
Delivery Method

Construction Management

Architect

Workun Garrick Partnership

Mechanical

Hemisphere Engineering Inc.

Electrical

Popek Engineering Ltd.

Structural

Scheunhage Popek & Associates