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Entry Name: Student Recreation Center
Firm: Dake Wells Architecture
Project Location: West Plains, MO
Owner: Missouri State University-West Plains
Photographer: Gale Babcock, Architectural Imageworks, LLC.

Funded by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency combined with a self-imposed student activity fee, this new student recreation center for Missouri State University-West Plains provides much needed multipurpose recreation space for students and faculty.  In addition, the facility serves as a community safe room capable of withstanding an EF-5 tornado.  This 12,000 square foot facility provides a NCAA sized basketball court with two cross-courts, volleyball, racquetball, and technology integration for multi-media presentations.