Michael Hill Clubhouse complements the landscape

The client’s brief was to design a place that reinforced the game of golf, operating primarily as a “private box” whilst also providing the capacity to transform into a gateway headquarters for large competitive events.

Contemporist says 'Hunkered into the earth with less than a third of its volume penetrating above the ground plane, The Michael Hill Clubhouse seeks to integrate and intensify the experience of golf’s primary relationship with the landscape. An integral truss system creates a skewed form, and supports a green roof planted in native tussock.'

The Clubhouse was design by Patterson Associates and is well worth taking a look at on the Contemporist web site.

Dali Museum opens in Florida - Designed by HOK

The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida opened this week. Designed by architects HOK the building replaces the original Dali Museum that was built in 1982. It utilises free-form geodesic geometry and triangulated glass organically flows around and attaches to the rigid unfinished concrete box.

According to Arch Daily this is the first use of this type of free-form geodesic geometry in the United States. As visitors enter the museum they are greeted by a coiled concrete form at the reception desk.

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