Won by competition, Phase 1 for King's Christian Collegiate consists of a 40,000 sq. ft. secondary school designed for an initial student population of 300. This building is composed of two parts:
- a two-storey "academic" wing
- a one-storey (two-storey height)
- "athletic/community" wing

The "academic" wing contains all the classrooms and general administrative facilities spread out on two floors access by stairs at each end of the building and by an elevator centrally located for complete barrier-free accessibility. This wing of the school is recognized on the exterior by the rhythm of brick arches, set forward, that march along Burnhamthorpe Road.

The "athletic/community" wing contains the library and gymnasium, which will also serve as the main area of assembly for school productions and community events. This part of the school is immediately recognized from the exterior by the elegantly curved heavy timber roof that opens onto the natural landscape of the school grounds.