Boston University, Cambridge, MA / DeWolfe Boathouse
Completed:
1999
Size:
20,000 SF
Marking the starting line of the Head of the Charles Regatta – the world's largest two-day rowing event – the DeWolfe Boathouse is sited to present sweeping views of the BU campus with the Boston skyline in the background. The boathouse was designed to meet the future needs of a rowing program that produced a women’s National Championship the year of the groundbreaking. The structure houses five boat bays, a repair bay, land training facilities with ergometers and weight training rooms, 200 lockers, an expanded dock area, and support facilities including a team room and coaches office.
Project photography by John Horner, Nick Wheeler
"This is a brilliantly conceived and thought-through invention of [ARC]...I think this building will stand for a long time as a monument to intelligent, wonderful, imaginative and truly aesthetic architecture. I can't express enough satisfaction to the work of our architects on this project."
John Silber, Chancellor of Boston University
