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Friday, April 18, 2008

New Rice Palace of Sweat

Interior of new Rice University Recreation and Wellness Center, Designed by Lake/Flato Architects

Where’s that giant climbing wall in the atrium?

Rice University’s new recreation and wellness center will have

2 indoor basketball courts, 4 racquetball courts, 2 squash courts, cardio, weights, dance studio, a 50 meter outdoor competition pool, an outdoor recreation pool, and 2 outdoor lighted basketball courts.

That sounds just a bit smaller than UH’s giant 264,000-sq.-ft. Wellness Center on the other side of town. Groundbreaking for Rice’s new building, designed by Lake/Flato Architects with F&S Partners, is scheduled for next week.

After the jump: More muddy images of the complex!

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