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To give you an idea of the sheer enormity of the site, this is what we sprayed fairways with and still do…. All the fairways can be sprayed before golf..
Quote from: James Bledge on December 13, 2014, 03:59:34 AMTo give you an idea of the sheer enormity of the site, this is what we sprayed fairways with and still do…. All the fairways can be sprayed before golf..James,How many hectares are the fairways there? I have an ex-staffer from gWest out here in Hong Kong currently who speaks highly of the course.
Thanks James amazing looking course.Can you shed any news on the Hotel that I believe the course was to serve? I understood it was to set new unparalleled standards of luxury and service but the timing is all wrong? As I get older and hopefully wiser I realise there is a price point for Golf that I won't meet and sadly this looks to fall into that category.More info here http://www.gwest.co.uk/clubhouse.php# It's hard to tell exactly what age Mr Mahdi_Al_Tajir is, but does he play golf?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi_Al_TajirWhen most of the sources of information come from one of Tom Bower's books you know this man is ALLEGEDLY( ) “interesting”. His son seems to be a charmer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bower If I am excited by her pictures but know I'll never meet, then this thread is truly golfporn. I know it when I see it.
Welcome to GCA James.The pics of the golf course look great especially the holes which have no water hazards as I feel it looks artificial. It is my understanding that Paul Kimber a former associate of DMK did most of the work - please correct me if I am wrong.http://www.kimbergolf.com/portfolio/g-west/The look of the clubhouse is ghastly in my view it looks like a juxtaposition of a modern looking dome and large jenga blocks for me it does not look pleasing to the eye - here is the earlier design proposal by Gareth Hoskins which I think was a better design and less impact on the surroundings even though it may be too modern for certain people's tastes. Knowing Hoskins work from pictures it would have been a good quality finish. It is a pity this was not built in my view. http://www.garethhoskinsarchitects.co.uk/projects/commercial/gwest-golf-clubhouse#Will be interesting to see other views CheersBen
Quote from: Brian_Ewen on December 13, 2014, 04:36:44 AMand wondered what the dome shaped building, that fits so beautifully in its surroundings, was.Sarcasm? Ben: are you actually joking? Hoskins' design looked horrific. What ever happened to a nice teracotta colour roof and whitewashed walls a la Muirfield or any of the wonderfully harmonious unobtrusive structures to be found everywhere in Great Britain and are its hallmark? Have planners lost their minds?
and wondered what the dome shaped building, that fits so beautifully in its surroundings, was.
Adam: I think the Castlestuart clubhouse is beautiful and pics of the interior make it look wonderfully warm and bright and _comfortable_ inside.
I'm not a particular fan of the gWest clubhouse, but I'm also conscious that golfers (and for that matter GCA posters) are generally fairly conservative where clubhouse design is concerned. Case in point: the outcry on here at the Castle Stuart clubhouse, which imo is a very nice piece of Art Deco influenced design, and which is totally appropriate in a seafront UK setting - most of our deco buildings, for some reason, are by the sea.Sometimes they do these things better in Europe, where there is less tradition to fall back on. One of my favourite modern clubhouses is at the Scandinavian club outside Copenhagen, where the Danish firm Henning Larsen built a very beautiful glass and slate edifice
Yes, they took us to see the opera house on the trip when I went to the Scandinavian.Larsens are also doing the clubhouse and convention centre at the Summit Hills development in Calabar, Nigeria, where Tim Lobb is the golf architect.