Gerald Ratner Athletics Center (University of Chicago (Chicago, Il) : The east elevation, looking southwest, showing the south 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-B4

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:

10156931

PID:

digcoll:1856327