The Near North District School Board has selected Mitchell Jensen Architects Incorporated of North Bay to design the new W.J. Fricker elementary school which will be located on the existing site.
It's slated to open in September 2021.
In 2018 Mitchell Jensen Architects’ design of the North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit, in collaboration with Ottawa’s Carlyle Design Associates, was recognized by Canadian Interiors Magazine as Best in Canada, in the institutional category.
Later that year the same project won the Northern Ontario Excellence Award from Ontario WoodWORKS!, an initiative of the Canadian Wood Council.
See: North Bay firm infuses designs with Northern principles
“The Board and staff undertook an extensive process to select the architect including interviews with a number of firms," said Jay Aspin, Board Chair "We had a number of excellent architectural firms bid, and the rigorous RPF process we developed identified Mitchell Jensen as the successful proponent. We are very confident in the expertise they will bring to this project as we have previously engaged this firm on several occasions. The Board is pleased to see this project finally moving forward to provide our students with a new elementary facility.”
