{"id":26261,"date":"2013-12-13T09:54:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T13:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=26261"},"modified":"2013-12-13T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T13:56:36","slug":"rinzler-student-sports-complex-honored-by-architecture-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/12\/13\/rinzler-student-sports-complex-honored-by-architecture-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Rinzler Student Sports Complex honored by architecture magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wright<\/a>Wright State University\u2019s Rinzler Student Sports Complex received top honors in an annual publication citing the best of architectural design on school and college campuses.<\/p>\n

The complex received the Sports Stadiums\/Athletic Facilities Citation in the 2013 American School and University<\/em> Architectural Portfolio, which celebrates the best in education design. The citation is the highest award presented in the Sports Stadiums\/Athletic Facilities category.<\/p>\n

The Rinzler complex was one of 145 projects featured in the portfolio and the November issue of American School and University<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The jury described the complex as having a \u201cvery innovative and sensitively integrated approach to function and entry into campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opened in the 2012 Spring Semester, the Rinzler Student Sports Complex was designed as a hub for Raider athletics and all other students through Campus Recreation. With a prominent sign tower, the new facility also welcomes visitors as they enter the northeast corner of campus.<\/p>\n

The complex includes a support building with restrooms, team rooms and concessions. A sleek observation ramp provides an easy, accessible perch to watch events and games.<\/p>\n

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Over the last two seasons, the Rinzler Sports Complex hosted women\u2019s and men\u2019s soccer games; intramural sports; club athletics; extramural events; Army ROTC training; and kinesiology and health classes.<\/p><\/div>\n

The facility also contains the varsity soccer field and Mulhollan Field, the student recreation field named after the late Wright State President Paige Mulhollan. Both fields feature new synthetic turf.<\/p>\n

Over the last two seasons, the varsity soccer field hosted 30 women\u2019s and men\u2019s soccer games, which attracted a total of 12,716 spectators.<\/p>\n

Mulhollan Field had hosted the intramural sports of flag football and soccer; numerous club athletics games and practices, including football, soccer, rugby, Ultimate Frisbee; local and regional extramural events; Army ROTC training; and kinesiology and health classes. In addition, the field has hosted youth and high school football and soccer games and regional soccer tournaments.<\/p>\n

The complex was designed by Annette Miller Architects, a Dayton firm that has worked on numerous projects on the Wright State campus.<\/p>\n

Read more about the American School and University<\/em>\u00a0Architectural Portfolio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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