Gerald Ratner Athletics Center (University of Chicago (Chicago, Il) : General view, looking southwest, showing the entire north cable-stayed facility
- Creator:
- Pelli, Cesar, 1926-
- Published/Created:
- Ellis Avenue and 56th Street, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
completed 2003 - Date Depicted:
- 8/12/2006
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- brick
glass
steel - Notes:
- The Gerald Ratner Athletics Center is a $51 million state-of-the-art athletics facility within the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood. The architect was César Pelli. Construction for the Ratner Athletics Center began in August 2001, and the building was approved for use in September 2003. The facility includes, among other things: a competition gymnasium, a multilevel fitness facility, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a multipurpose dance studio, meeting room space, and athletic department offices.
- Variant Titles:
- University of Chicago: Gerald Ratner Athletics Center
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-PC-GRC-A1
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
sports complexes (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; Education; leisure, educational; recreation construction buildings; recreation buildings; sports buildings; gymnasiums; complexes; recreation areas; sports complexes
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Three
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/12/2006 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10156916
- PID:
- digcoll:1840285