Recreation + Culture
PGAL designs recreation and cultural facilities that serve as vital platforms for movement, connection, and expression. These spaces are at the heart of community life, encouraging physical engagement, shared experiences, and cultural enrichment. They respond to evolving public expectations for inclusive, energizing environments that support both wellness and creativity.
As demands on public spaces grow more complex, PGAL addresses priorities such as safety, access, spatial flexibility, and long-term maintainability. Our design process is informed by a clear understanding of how people use and move through these environments. The result is facilities that are intuitive, durable, and adaptable to changing programs, populations, and technologies.
Wellness has expanded the definition of recreational space. PGAL designs environments that support the full spectrum of human health, including physical, mental, and social well-being. Interior and exterior spaces are planned to invite multi-generational participation and accommodate a range of activities.
Recreation and cultural facility design is about more than delivering buildings. It is about shaping spaces that bring people together and support active, engaged communities.
Our museum is not a passive learning experience. We feel that it is so important that our visitors leave feeling emboldened, that they can take action and make a difference in our world. That’s really what our mission is.
CEO, Holocaust Museum Houston
Featured Projects
City of La Porte Recreation + Fitness Center Renovation
Temple Beth El
St. Paul Lutheran Church Sanctuary Renovation
Windermere Preparatory School Sports Performance Center
Windermere Preparatory School Cypress Center for the Arts
Space Center Houston SpaceX Falcon 9 Display
Space Center Houston Special Events Building
Space Center Houston Independence Plaza
McCall Plaza
