Vancouver College is a distinguished all-boys Catholic school with a mission to educate young men with a focus on service to church and community. Manrell Hall middle school was the first phase of a master plan to strengthen the sense of place for the venerable institution as it celebrated its 100th year. Black steel frames and planes of glass punctuate the end elevations while red-brick mediates the scale of the school in its residential setting. The main floor features a skylit foyer, founders atrium, learning commons and dining hall. Upper floors house classrooms arranged in learning neighbourhoods. Manrell Hall, together with Lannon Hall and Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel, are now linked around a cloister courtyard to form a symbolic centre for Vancouver College.