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Chesapeake Boathouse

Chesapeake Boathouse illuminated at night showcasing OKC Boathouse District architecture and modern boathouse design by Rand Elliott Architects Oklahoma City.

Representing Oklahoma in its “Best Designed Buildings in all 50 states” feature, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST chose Chesapeake Boathouse (2019). The influence of this, the first modern boathouse, continues to influence architecture throughout the rowing world. Completed in 2006, the Chesapeake Boathouse was the first structure to grace the banks of the newly revitalized Oklahoma River. Hailed by […]

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BOATHOUSE

This boathouse features an angular “prow” cast in UCO’s school colors, gold and blue. Completed: April 2015    Size: 18,000 SF, 2 Floors “For this boathouse, we had begun to imagine, what more could it be?” – Architect Rand Elliott UCO’s collegiate colors are gold and blue, so gold LED lights distinguish the “prow” of […]

Chesapeake Finish Line Tower

CHK Finish Line Tower at sunset representing OKC Boathouse District architecture and modern boathouse design by Rand Elliott Architects Oklahoma City.

While the Devon Boathouse High Performance Center was creating a national training center for Olympic hopefuls, there was also immediate opportunity in adding specialized racing facilities to support judges, the media, VIPs and visitors at large. The Finish Line position was the riverfront’s first site opposite a bridge and the Chesapeake Boathouse. It was the […]

RIVERSPORT Rapids

Riversport OKC Gateway building with angular white façade overlooking the Oklahoma River

AUBREY K. McCLENDON Riversport OKC Riversport OKC Gateway Riversport Rapids Raft Pavilion Kayak Boathouse Rotary Point Stage Riversport OKC Gateway building OSU Kayak Boathouse Rotary Point Raft Pavilion Rand Elliott Architects’ design concepts for the Oklahoma River’s Riversport OKC complex expand on the Boathouse District aesthetic defined in 2003 in Elliott’s first sketches of the […]

Devon Boathouse

Devon Boathouse exterior illuminated in blue at night, representing OKC Boathouse District architecture and modern boathouse design by Rand Elliott Architects Oklahoma City.

A National High-Performance Center • Home of OCU Rowing Poised for launch at the river’s edge SLEEK AS A ROWING SHELL The Devon Boathouse is positioned inches from the river’s edge, as if ready for a regatta. The architecture creates the impression of a prow breaking the water. The riverfront Master Plan had mapped out […]