10 high-design boathouses around the world
From Oklahoma City to Oxford, England, a look at stunning rowing facilities on three continents When it comes to eye-popping design, museums and concert halls tend to get all the shine. But there?s another building type worth the attention of architecture lovers: the boathouse.
Boathouses built in recent years, largely for colleges and private clubs, are adopting a distinctly contemporary style. In a crop of modern boathouses, designers are acknowledging waterside sites and the beauty of the sport.
Designers do this while taking into account all of the challenges of building a fitness center, plus additional items like storage for multiple teams, indoor water tanks, flexible docks, and space for spectators.
In keeping with our love of design that may?ahem?sail under the radar, here are 10 architecturally stunning boathouses around the globe. WMS Boathouse at Clark Park
Photo courtesy Studio Gang Architects
A view of the WMS Boathouse (left) at Clark Park, along the Chicago River.
Photo courtesy Studio Gang Architects
Inside the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park.
Studio Gang Architects, the Chicago-based firm helmed by MacArthur Foundation ?genius? grant winner Jeanne Gang and most recently in the spotlight for for its National Building Museum Summer installation and planned expansion of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Natural History Museum, designed this boathouse along the Chicago River. Opened...
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