YEAR

SIZE

2002

185,000 SF

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The award-winning Centre of Elgin, a 185,000-square-foot community recreation center was designed
with community context in mind so to effectively blend into the historic center of this established
city. Replete with amenities, the expansive brick, stone, glass and metal Centre of Elgin houses an
indoor aquatic center containing a water slide and splash pool, an eight-lane, 25-yard lap pool with
spectator seating, a zero-depth edge leisure pool, therapy pool and various spray play features.
Other facility features include wellness center, a climbing wall, a triple-court gymnasium, an auxiliary
gym, and racquetball courts, a preschool wing, an arts and crafts wing, a 300-capacity banquet
room, kitchen, outdoor veranda, community meeting rooms, a café, a 9,000-square-foot fitness
center, a four-lane running track, a pedestrian bridge to the parking structure, two dance studios,
large aerobics rooms, and multiple administrative offices.

SERVICES
Pre-Design
Master Plan / Feasibility Study
Basic A&E Services
Interiors
Construction Administration

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS