The Thacher School, Dining Pavilion Project Announcement

Recently Completed Project – The Thacher School Dining Pavilion

The Thacher School’s Dining Pavilion can now be seen on our website! For spectacular photos and more info, check out the project page.

Located in Ojai, California, The Thacher School is a highly selective, co-educational, independent boarding school located on 427 acres of hillside overlooking the Ojai Valley.

The new 14,500 sf Dining Pavilion complements the historic, western-vernacular buildings at the physical and emotional heart of campus.

Context-sensitive and deeply ecological, the new Dining Pavilion poetically merges food, community, and memorable spaces with landscape, sustainability, and outdoor learning. It supports and inspires the distinctive Thacher school culture – from fireside parlor readings and formal dinners to family-style breakfasts around the coffee table.

Each meal fosters meaningful connections – with community, environment, and the world-at-large.

Consistent with Thacher’s environmental goals – the facility achieves LEED Gold certification.

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