9 Simply Amazing Gyms
Not all gyms have to be emblazoned with primary colors or whitewashed by plain concrete walls. A gym visit can be a pleasant yet energetic and sometimes exalting experience. Light and mirrors, pops of unexpected color, and natural elements like wood make these gyms more than just a place to work out.
The Best of Contemporary Gym Design
1. Bruin Fitness Center at UCLA by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
Overhead, a dry-wall canopy swoops along the same route as the pathway, spreading out to frame an oculus.
2. Symantec Fitness Center by Gensler
The Mountain View, California, campus of software company Symantec boasts a suitably high-tech fitness center, dubbed SYMfit. A vinyl pictograph indicates the spin room.
3. New York City Police Academy by Perkins + Will
The main gym is the size of a football field.
Form follows function in this “gym-scape,” where bold design inspires peak performance.
5. Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco’s Don Fisher Clubhouse
TEF Design made the gym the single largest space at the clubhouse.
6. Austin Bouldering Project by Dylan Johnson Associates Architects and Lilianne Steckel Interior Design
Turquoise walls give the climbing gym a welcoming look within the industrial space.
7. Roberts Pavilion at Claremont McKenna College by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
The Pavilion is a campus hub for meet-ups, study groups, and numerous college organizations in addition to the venue for expected basketball games and workouts.
8. Síclo by Cadena + Asoc. Concept Design and Rojkind Arquitectos
Black-painted lighting tubes descend from the ceiling, while the studio’s logo glows in white neon like a moon on the exposed brick of the rear wall.
9. Equinox in Dumbo, Brooklyn by Inc Architecture & Design
The group fitness studio features floorboards of engineered white oak.
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