[2] The boathouse is shared with Wolfson, St Peter's and Somerville College boat clubs.
The original 19th-century boathouse, designed by John Oldrid Scott, was destroyed through arson in 1999.
After eight years, a new boathouse designed by Belsize Architects was completed in 2007 at a cost of £2.7million.
The Boathouse was awarded a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) prize,[3][4] and has enjoyed a very favourable reception in the architectural world.
An article describes the structure as not just a boathouse, but "a grandstand of the first order" arguing that it represents a new age in rowing.