GOLF CLUBHOUSES
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AN AWARD WINNING AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE, WE HAVE KEY EXPERTISE IN THE DESIGN OF GOLF CLUBHOUSES WITH OVER 12 DESIGNS IN OUR 25 YEAR HISTORY. WORKING ALONGSIDE SOME THE UK’S, USA’S AND THE MIDDLE EAST’S PREMIER GOLF CLUBS, GAJ HAS EARNED A REPUTATION AS A LEADER IN GOLF CLUBHOUSE DESIGN.
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Cookridge Hall Golf Club
g-WEST Golf Clubhouse
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The project involved significant alterations and additional areas to the building extending out into an existing walled garden to form a swimming pool and to the rear of the property with a basement/single storey extension to contain the gymnasium areas.
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Lichfield Golf and Country Club
Cowdray Golf Club
This project has a diverse twist to that of a more traditional historic architecture that is often seen across golf clubhouses in the UK. The brief for this project was to produce a design which was complimentary to its surrounding whilst affecting a design that would both complement the modern game that golf has become, but give the visitor an understanding of the heritage that the club itself holds.
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Montgomery Golf Academy
The golf academy building served as the main club house for the Colin Montgomery Golf Course during the course’s first three years. Built in the local traditional architectural style, the building now serves as a training facility for the club members.
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New Golf Clubhouse for gWest International Resort Perthshire Our brief was to create a high quality design that would be a memorable experience and an icon within the setting of the new gWest Resort.
The clubhouse has been designed to blend with the existing buildings and provide the illusion of a converted group of farm buildings whilst providing a fully functional golf clubhouse.
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Nad Al Sheba The Nad Al Sheba Club is called the state-ofthe-art golf course .This Club provides the best lighting facilities in the Middle East. It has 18 holes across an extensive landscape with deep pot-bunkers. This Club is located near the Dubai World Trade Centre(DWTC).
Arabian Ranches
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Dubai Creek Golf Club
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Burlish Park Golf Club
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Trump International Golf Club, Hotel & Spa
The Dubai Creek Golf Clubhouse is probably the building Godwin Austen Johnson is best known for. Designed to be reminiscent of the Dhow Sails that ply the waters of the gulf its strongly iconic form has been immortalised on the 20 Dirham Banknote.
Emirates Golf club Emirates Golf Club, host of the European Tour sanctioned Omega Dubai Desert Classic and Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, was the first all grass championship golf course in the Middle East when it opened in 1988. Taking pride in its 36 holes of world-class golf, the club sports two of the city’s finest must-play courses, the Majlis and the Faldo Course, which is also the only 18 hole course in the region to offer night golf.
DAMAC is creating a world class Golf Course and associated residential development. The town houses, villas and apartments have been conceived as contemporary environments. Simple palettes of materials
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The Roman-profile roof tiles were imported from France and the timber for the lobby trusses and ceiling was supplied from New Zealand. Each of the lobby feature lights weighs 300kg and the Upper Bar Terrace and Main Terrace on the ground floor both overlook the 9th and 18th greens. The Arabian Ranches Golf Clubhouse was completed in 2005 for EMAAR Properties. The building is located in the Arabian Ranches Development in Dubai, UAE and the building had to comply with the aesthetic limitations imposed by this development.
Awards & Recognitions Large Architecture Firm of the Year Middle East Architect Awards 2013 Interior Design Firm of the Year Commercial Interior Design Awards 2013
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The project involved significant alterations and additional areas to the building extending out into an existing walled garden to form a swimming pool and to the rear of the property with a basement/ single storey extension to contain the gymnasium areas.
COOKRIDGE HALL GOLF CLUB Conversion of Grade II listed 17th Century Mansion House within the green belt at Cookridge Leeds.
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Conversion of a 18th century Grade II listed Coach House providing the first Golf Clubhouse for the First Leisure Corporation PLC serving a new international standard golf course designed by Karl Litten. Development involved extensive negotiations with local Planning and Conservation Departments due to the sensitive nature of the site.
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COWDRAY GOLF CLUB This project has a diverse twist to that of a more traditional historic architecture that is often seen across golf clubhouses in the UK. The brief for this project was to produce a design which was complimentary to its surrounding whilst affecting a design that would both complement the modern game that golf has become, but give the visitor an understanding of the heritage that the club itself holds. The design was based around a mixture of modern and traditional building techniques, integrating natural stone wall construction, which was common in the area over 100 years before. Along with a modern concrete and steel construction to the expansive height to the central elevated walls governing the plan.
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G-WEST GOLF CLUBHOUSE New Golf Clubhouse for gWEST International Resort Perthshire. Our brief was to create a high quality design that would be a memorable experience and an icon within the setting of the new gWest Resort.
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“Without question, the best inland site I have ever seen for a golf course… this plot bears the same amazing topography as James Braid’s King’s Course. The massive, tumbling, rolling landscape covered by solid heathland makes this an exquisite anomaly in nature. The heather that we worked so diligently to introduce at Queenwood exists here naturally and in abundance.” David McLay Kidd, Golf Course Designer
The building is designed to cater for 300 private members together with hotel guests and includes all necessary change and golf related facilities. The upper floors contain fine dine restaurants with terraces that exploit views to the course and surrounding countryside. 17 / 50
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The Clubhouse takes advantage of the natural terrain and forms a folly within the landscaped course. Taking its inspiration from palladian architecture of the past the buildings strong symmetry and crisp detailing is a contemporary homage to this form. Set on terraced embankments with bridge terrace links to the 1st, 18th and practice range areas the building forms a landmark for the course.
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LICHFIELD GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB A new Golf Clubhouse adjacent to a listed watermill in Lichfield Staffordshire The clubhouse has been designed to blend with the existing buildings and provide the illusion of a converted group of farm buildings whilst providing a fully functional golf clubhouse.
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A project for The Golf Fund which involved the construction of a new clubhouse building adjacent to a listed watermill and with the facility for the clubhouse to be extended into the watermill in the future if required.
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BURLISH PARK GOLF CLUB
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1st Place Cityscape Architectural Review >> Best of the Best Golf Club in the World Golfing World Magazine >>
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DUBAI CREEK GOLF CLUB The Dubai Creek Golf Clubhouse is probably the building Godwin Austen Johnson is best known for. Designed to be reminiscent of the Dhow Sails that ply the waters of the gulf its strongly iconic form has been immortalised on the 20 Dirham Banknote.
The clubhouse consists of a Spike Bar, Dining Area, Kitchen Facilities, Reception, Change Rooms for male and female guests, swimming pool and terraces on various levels with superb views over the Creek and the golf course. 25 / 50
The Clubhouse forms the focus of the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club Development and faces over the golf course and the adjacent Creek.
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TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB, HOTEL & SPA The Akoya Golf development in partnership with Trump international Golf clubs represents a flag ship development in Dubai. The site area is 2,654,877 sqm of land with 1,000,000 sqm of golf course located in Mundon in Dubai. This Project Brief describes the design requirement for a Concept Design for the Hotel, Spa and Clubhouse element for the site.
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The high quality designs provide variety and yet harmony across the site. The retail elements complement or contrast with positive effect. DAMAC is creating a world class Golf Course and associated residential development. The town houses, villas and apartments have been conceived as contemporary environments. Simple palettes of materials 31 / 50
ARABIAN RANCHES The Roman-profile roof tiles were imported from France and the timber for the lobby trusses and ceiling was supplied from New Zealand. Each of the lobby feature lights weighs 300kg and the Upper Bar Terrace and Main Terrace on the ground floor both overlook the 9th and 18th greens. The Arabian Ranches Golf Clubhouse was completed in 2005 for EMAAR Properties. The building is located in the Arabian Ranches Development in Dubai, UAE and the building had to comply with the aesthetic limitations imposed by this development.
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The adjacent Golf Course was designed by Ian Baker Finch and has become an integral part of the Dubai golfing circuit. The clubhouse includes a Spike Bar, Upper Bar and Dining areas, Pro-Shop, 11 hotel rooms, a large reception lobby, change rooms, a large kitchen, conference rooms and Administration Offices as part of its makeup.
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MONTGOMERY GOLF ACADEMY The golf academy building served as the main club house for the Colin Montgomery Golf Course during the course’s first three years. Built in the local traditional architectural style, the building now serves as a training facility for the club members.
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NAD AL SHEBA The Nad Al Sheba Club is called the state-of-the-art golf course .This Club provides the best lighting facilities in the Middle East. It has 18 holes across an extensive landscape with deep pot-bunkers. This Club is located near the Dubai World Trade Centre(DWTC).
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The Nad Al Sheba Cub has a british style in design. This Club is designed in the elegant Scottish links style with eight scenic lakes and more than 110 deep pot bunkers. The Clubhouse includes a Pro-shop, bar and a steakhouse restaurant. This club provide facilities of golf lessons with five PGA professionals.
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EMIRATES * GOLF CLUB One of the ‘Top 100 Golf Courses in the World’ 2012 - Golf World Magazine ‘Best Course Middle East’ Asian Golf Monthly Awards 2010
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Emirates Golf Club, host of the European Tour sanctioned Omega Dubai Desert Classic and Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, was the first all grass championship golf course in the Middle East when it opened in 1988. Taking pride in its 36 holes of world-class golf, the club sports two of the city’s finest must-play courses, the Majlis and the Faldo Course, which is also the only 18 hole course in the region to offer night golf. Both courses combine the natural rolling desert terrain for a serious golfing test, while the signature clubhouse, remains the most eyecatching in the region. The Majlis Course has been presented with numerous accolades over its 25 year history, the most recent of which were its 2012 ranking by Golf World magazine as one of the ‘Top 100 Golf Courses in the World’ and its award for ‘Best Course Middle East’ in the Asian Golf Monthly Awards 2010 . 42 / 50
From the testing 18 hole Majlis and Faldo courses, to the equally challenging par 3, the Emirates Golf Club draws accomplished and casual golfers looking to improve their game. ‘The Emirates’ is so much more than a golf club, serving as the premier address for all things leisure. Its appeal is equally wideranging off course, with everything from fine dining to bar bites available alongside topnotch pool and gym facilities, tennis courts and a brand new spa.
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM of the Year
INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM of the Year
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Other Awards
Middle East Architect Awards 2013
• Young Architect of the Year (Yazeed Abu Alrous) Middle East Architect Awards • Lifetime Achievement Award (Brian Johnson) Commercial Interior Design Awards • Behind the Scene Award (Jayson Nieto) Commercial Interior Design Awards
• ME Young Architect of the Year (Ignacio Gomez) Middle East Architects Awards • Residential Project of the Year (Red Sea Riviera) Middle East Architects Awards • ME Young Interior Designer of the Year (Pallavi Dean) Commercial Interior Design Awards
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• Architect of the Year (Jason Burnside) Middle East Architects Awards • Hospitality & Leisure Project of the Year (The Chedi Khorfakkan) Middle East Architects Awards • Residential Project Award - Future (Sharm El Sheikh) Cityscape Abu Dhabi Awards
• Middle East Architecture Firm of the Year (Modern) Middle East Architects Awards • Interior Designer of the Year (Isabel Pintado) Commercial Interior Design Awards • Outdoor Design of the Year (The Address, Jnan Amar) Commercial Interior Design Awards
Commercial Interior Design Awards 2013
• Principal of the Year (Brian Johnson) Middle East Architects Awards • Community Future (Celebration Hall, KSA) Cityscape Global Awards • Interior Design Firm of the Year Commercial Interior Design Awards • Interior Designer of the Year (Elie Choucair) Commercial Interior Design Awards
• 1st AHIC Innovation Award ECOS Dubailand • Best Environmentally Sustainable Design (ECOS) Middle East Architects Awards • 1st Place (Dubai Creek Golf Club) Cityscape Architectural Review • Runner up (Bab Al Shams) Cityscape Architectural Review • Best of the Best Golf Club in the World (Dubai Creek Golf Club) Golfing World Magazine
We are seeking to create a design language which helps give the region a sense of identity. “Our challenge will always be to provide design proposals that capture the essence of the region and its people, while at the same time being contemporary and appropriate for the requirements of living in the 21st century.� - Brian Johnson, Principal and Managing Partner of GAJ 47 / 50
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