This week’s #FacilityoftheWeek is the Bill Simon Field House at Principia School. Athletics and team-building are core components to the student experience at Principia School, and its facilities needed to match the expectations of the institution, students and families. Check out how Hastings+Chivetta Architects was able to create the perfect space. ⬇️
Architect of Record: Hastings+Chivetta Architects
🔗 https://bit.ly/PrincipiaSchool
To finish the week, we wanted to announce our final Facilities of Merit winner, the Southside Recreation Center at Texas A&M University. With the largest student body in the State of Texas, the new satellite recreation facility meets the school’s need for expanded recreation services and helps alleviate overcrowding in the main recreation center, while offering more student employment opportunities.
Learn how this facility has made recreation more accessible for their students: https://athl.biz/SouthsideRecFOM
Architect: SmithGroup
Suppliers: Pellerin Milnor Corporation and Robbins Sports Surfaces 👏
This week’s #FacilityoftheWeek is the Mary Sue Rich Community Center at Reed Place in Ocala, Fl. The center is a two-story facility constructed with the purpose of providing a central location for community events, activities and programs. The center includes designated indoor spaces for senior, youth and family programs, a 400-seat banquet/event space, a kitchen, health and wellness facilities, and a library.
City of Ocala Municipal Government
Architect of Record: OLC Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative
🔗 https://bit.ly/MaryCommunityCenter
Get excited for another Facilities of Merit winner! Oak Park Community Recreation Center is located in Oak Park, Illinois and is an anchor for future revitalization of the area. The center provides areas for fitness, community gatherings, mental health support and after school programming on an urban site.
Learn more about the design of this facility ➡️ https://athl.biz/OakParkFOM
Architect: Perkins&Will
The next Facilities of Merit winner is the Northern Regional Recreation Center. The towns of Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville came together to design a community recreation center in Mecklenburg County, N.C. Ultimately, the goal was to ensure the facility felt like “home” for each town represented.
Learn how architects designed this facility to represent each town involved ➡️ https://athl.biz/NorthernRecFOM 👏
Architect: LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.
Associate Architect: Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture
Aquatic Consultant/Engineer: Counsilman Hunsaker
Suppliers: Action Floor Systems, Aqua Creek Products, Becs Technology, Colorado Time Systems and Spectrum Aquatics 👍
Our next Facilities of Merit winner is the Nexus Center at Utica University. The Utica University Nexus Center stands as a revolutionary hub in the heart of the Mohawk Valley, transforming the recreational landscape with its versatile 170,000 square feet of state-of-the-art facilities.
Learn more about the design of this facility ➡️ https://athl.biz/NexusFOM
Architect: VIP Structures
Associate Architect: Perkins&Will
We’re starting this week off by announcing another winner of our 2024 Facilities of Merit! Today’s facility is the Neil Campbell Rowing Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. The facility demonstrates how simple, elemental and respectful design can support a broad spectrum of uses and enhance the identity of a venerable place, while also achieving both Net-Zero Energy and Zero Carbon Emission benchmarks.
Learn more about the thought that went into the design here: https://athl.biz/CampbellFOM
Architect: MJMA Architecture & Design
Associate Architect: Raimondo + Associates Architects
Supplier: REGUPOL 👏
Let’s end the week by announcing another Facilities of Merit winner! The Nashville Soccer Club is a premier training facility dedicated to supporting Nashville SC players and staff. This facility was designed to guide players through their training journey and daily routines, while also providing a home to their admin operations and a health clinic used by both athletes and the general public.
Learn more about this design: https://athl.biz/NashvilleSCFOM
Architect: Moody Nolan
Supplier: Musco Lighting 👏
We are excited to announce this weeks #FacilityOfTheWeek as the National Ability Center - McGrath Mountain Center. The National Ability Center is an international leader in providing adaptive outdoor recreational opportunities to individuals of all abilities and ages. The stated goal of the McGrath Mountain Center project was to create “an innovative magnet that empowers and inspires movement.”
Architect of Record: Architectural Nexus
🔗 https://athl.biz/NAC
We are highlighting the Erie Hall Recreation and Wellness Center at Penn State Behrend for today’s Facilities of Merit winner! This facility houses a broad range of rec spaces and the university’s counseling center. Guided by a district master plan, designers positioned the building as a visible gateway to the campus core, drawing students into a place of connection and personal wellbeing.
Learn more about this hub for students: https://athl.biz/ErieHallFOM
Architect: Sasaki
Associate Architect: Weber Murphy Fox
Suppliers: Connor Sports, Gared Performance Sports Systems and Mondo USA 👏
Facilities of Merit - Vaughan Centre
Another day, another #Facilities of Merit winner! Today we are featuring the David Braley Vaughan Metropolitan Centre of Community, located in Vaughan, Ontario. The facility is a uniquely programmed complex at the heart of Vaughan’s new city center and an innovative 100-acre mixed-use development.
Learn more about the design of this facility: https://athl.biz/VaughanFOM
Architect: MJMA Architecture & Design
Aquatic Consultant/Engineer: Water Technology, Inc.
Suppliers: Connor Sports, Fluidra North America, Gared Performance Sports Systems and Pellerin Milnor Corporation 👏
Our next winner of the 2024 Facilities of Merit is the Broughton Recreation Center! The renovation of the rec center saved the bones and spirit of an important center of community life for Longview's underserved Black neighborhood, creating an open, welcoming environment that reflects the needs of the community. Learn more about Broughton Recreation Center here: https://athl.biz/BroughtonFOM
Architect of Record: LPA Design Studios
Facility Of Merit Winner!
It’s time to announce our 2024 Facilities of Merit winners! Today, we are featuring the Bakke & Wellbeing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The facility was designed to not only address the current and future recreation and fitness needs of the Madison community, but to become the center for wellbeing on a campus of nearly 50,000 students. Check out this outstanding facility below and stay tuned for more!
Architect of Record: Kahler Slater
Associate Architect: HOK
Aquatic Consultant: Water Technology, Inc.
Learn more about the Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center and the true meaning behind the design: https://athl.biz/BakkeFOM
Suppliers: Becs Technology, Colorado Time Systems, Fluidra North America, Hussey Seating Company, Matrix Fitness USA, Mondo USA, Pellerin Milnor Corporation, Robbins Sports Surfaces and Spectrum Aquatics 👏
Recreation & Wellbeing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 👐
After nearly a decade of planning and fundraising, the Bloomington- Normal YMCA’s new 75,000-square-foot facility opened in August of 2022. In all, the new state-of-the-art facility includes four youth basketball courts, two full-sized basketball courts, six pickleball courts, two volleyball courts, a walking track, a 6,000-square-foot wellness center, three group exercise studios and SO much more.
Bloomington-Normal YMCA
Architect of Record: Farnsworth Group
Associate Architect: GRO Development LLC
🔗 https://athl.biz/BloomingtonYMCA
Get excited for this weeks #FacilityoftheWeek. The Northern Regional Recreation Center in Cornelius, is the product of three towns coming together to design a shared community center that reflects the values and unique identities of each town. Includes a multisport gymnasium, two health/wellness/fitness centers, a walking/ jogging track, an indoor leisure pool, and SO much more.
Mecklenburg County Government
Architect of Record: LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.
Associate Architect: Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture
🔗 https://athl.biz/NorthernRec
