The Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center project, built for the City of Plano, included the new construction of an 83,845-square-foot community center located in the west area of Plano, TX. This award-winning facility serves as a recreational aquatic center for children and families and houses an eight-lane indoor competitive pool with two one-meter diving boards, an indoor leisure pool with two water slides, and an outdoor pool with three water slides and a waterfall. The project also features a gymnasium with an elevated running track, group exercise studio, locker rooms, underwater seating, an outdoor jogging trail, and a playground. Pedestrian bridges over the creek from the parking area to the entrance of the facility and preservation of trees completed the site work. The community center was constructed of a steel structural frame, tiled interior, stone façades, wood panels, and large glass windows allowing natural light and a view of the creek, which bisects the property diagonally. Recreation Management Magazine awarded this project with a Design Award for Innovative Architecture for incorporating the facility into the surrounding natural landscape.
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