Rand Elliott adds a delicate shell to the banks of a reinvented river for the new Chesapeake Boathouse in a renewed downtown Oklahoma City.

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Format
journalArticle
Creator
Fortmeyer, Russell
Title
Rand Elliott adds a delicate shell to the banks of a reinvented river for the new Chesapeake Boathouse in a renewed downtown Oklahoma City.
Is Part Of
Architectural Record
issn
0003858X
Has Version
https://usmodernist.org/AR/AR-2007-05.pdf
Abstract
The article deals with architect Rand Elliot's Chesapeake Boathouse project in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation asked Elliott to design the building on the Oklahoma River's banks to accommodate an expanding program, the Oklahoma Association for Rowing. He sought to reinvent the typology of the boathouse, capsizing the racing shell and morphing its formal qualities onto an architectural project. It functions on two levels of iconicity, embodying what it purports to be and representing the city's pride in its restored river.
Date
pages
180-185
issue
5
volume
195
Identifier
WDMWP28E