Chesapeake Boathouse
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
The CHK | UCO 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 The University of Central Oklahoma’s jewel box of a boathouse is another […]
Chesapeake Finish Line Tower
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 […]
OKC RIVERSPORT Adventures
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RIVERSPORT Rapids
Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking CenterOklahoma City Boathouse District A state-of-the-art facility, RIVERSPORT Rapids is one of only four in the world. It was designed by the same team that developed the U.K.’s Lee Valley White Water Centre for the 2012 London Olympics and is similar to North Carolina’s U.S. National Whitewater Center. Geared for both […]
Devon Boathouse
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 […]
Bicentennial Park
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