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The Purcell Residence is one of nine residence buildings or residence complexes (dormitories) on the UBC Okanagan (UBCO) campus.

Design
The building is five storeys tall, featuring a green roof and a rooftop terrace. The building is designed to house 212 students. Rooms are designed with energy efficiency in mind. Each uses motion detectors that link to individual lighting systems to save energy. Residents enter the building, rooms, and lounges using personal key cards. The Purcell building cost $14.9 million to construct and was engineered by Ramsay Worden Architects Ltd. It has the distinction of being "one of the first 5-storey wooden frame buildings to be constructed in British Columbia."

Accommodations
Each floor of the residence has single-connected-style bedrooms, with every two rooms sharing a bathroom in between. Bathrooms are shared by students of the same gender, however, the building is not segregated and each floor houses male and female students. All floors are equipped with a lounge space that is accessible for residents of a given floor, fit with shared appliances and furniture.

The building also has a laundromat with a Coinamatic reloadable card laundry system. Behind the building is a basketball court and a ball hockey arena that students are free to use.