Blessings Golf Clubhouse Blessings Guardhouse

Abstract

THE HILLS AND VALLEYS, and the moments where the two merge, define the Ozarks for us. This juncture is where we chose to build the simple, bar-shaped clubhouse—from a north-facing slope over an Osage Indian archaeological zone to an artificial hill. This bridging of two landforms created an entry portal, a breezeway to the main entrance of the clubhouse, that frames the eighteenth green, acts as a threshold to the golf course beyond, and is an event space for golf tournaments. Aligned with its counterpoint, the Razorback Golf Center to the north, the clubhouse has evolved from its initial concept as a bridge emerging from within the hill to more of a stand-alone structure set at the base of the hill. With its footprint minimally contacting the land, it is, in effect, a covered bridge.