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Post by scottish67 on Mar 29, 2021 20:48:21 GMT -5
 EDIT : After deleting 25% meter to get to 100%, it is published once again. Sorry for the delay. "No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other" – Frank Lloyd Wright. I took this quote to heart when I designed Wingspread Prairie Club and I know of some other designers on this site ( grovey31 (Usonia) and rjwils30 (Fallingwater, Taliesin) have probably read that same quote and used it for inspiration on their own courses. The quote can easily correlate to golf course design in general if you replace house, with golf hole. Wingspread Prairie Club is located amongst the other great courses located in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. I drew a lot of inspiration from looking at those courses. As I was looking at the randomness of the plot of land I was given, I wanted not to have to sculpt land to configure a golf hole, but rather just lay down holes in the best configuration I could within the land that was created (Don’t get me wrong here, I used Raise/Lower tool plenty). With the rolling hills, wind-blown sand dunes, and the native prairie grasses, the course started to come together, as I thought FLW would see the holes. Ive always admired FLW and his philosophy in designing his prairie style homes. The golf course name, Wingspread, is taken from a house he designed and named, that is located in Wind Point, Wisconsin. Look it up sometime, its amazing. With this course I wanted to build two architectural buildings on the property, to pay homage to FLW. The first, is FLW most famous designed house, Fallingwater, located after the 9th hole, which now doubles as a halfway house for food and beverages. The second, is a FLW inspired clubhouse, with its outstanding views over the entire course and a unique real putting green on the roof of the building. I hope you enjoy the course. Sidenote: The original course name was going to be Taliesin Prairie Club. Adam and I discussed this months ago, when were in contact about my golf course design. And when we saw the rjwils30 posted Taliesin Golf Club, we were both stunned by the coincidence of that happening. Taliesin is also a name of two FLW houses he designed, one in Wisconsin and the other in Arizona.       |
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Post by jwfickett on Mar 29, 2021 20:55:25 GMT -5
oooooooo girl
related: let's discuss your draw distances...drop some rig info on us.
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Post by tpetro on Mar 29, 2021 20:57:14 GMT -5
Frank Lloyd Wright is taking over these forums and I am 100% here for it.
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Post by mattf27 on Mar 29, 2021 20:59:21 GMT -5
Golf course ARCHITECTURE
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Post by mctrees02 on Mar 29, 2021 21:09:29 GMT -5
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Post by jwfickett on Mar 29, 2021 21:13:15 GMT -5
My apologies to jwfickett 's recent publish but this gif has a new home...   |
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Post by rjwils30 on Mar 29, 2021 21:24:01 GMT -5
WHAT! The FLW trifecta is complete. Falling water clubhouse?!? Quote is basically the description of his house Taliesin. So good and so on point. I’m loving the architecture references. Makes me think I could explore some other architects...What would a Le Corbusier course look like?.... This looks awesome though. Teeing it up as soon as I get my computer back up and running.
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Post by trailducker on Mar 29, 2021 21:31:36 GMT -5
Just to show off a little this is my left shoulder  Excited to give this a play and see the beaut in the game!!! |
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Post by rjwils30 on Mar 29, 2021 21:55:28 GMT -5
Yep. Falling Water Tattoo takes the cake. Amazing.
That’s crazy about the naming coincidence, I’m sorry for unknowingly stealing the name. Wish I put more into the explanation and poetic qualities of the name and concept as both you and Adam did. My intent very much the same as yours understanding that FLW believed buildings should be integrated with the landscape not set apart from it (see Le Corbusier for the opposite approach). The course Ireland being in a desert was perhaps more inspired by Taliesin West in Arizona. By the way, The font for the course name is great.
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Post by trailducker on Mar 29, 2021 22:10:22 GMT -5
WHAT! The FLW trifecta is complete. Falling water clubhouse?!? Quote is basically the description of his house Taliesin. So good and so on point. I’m loving the architecture references. Makes me think I could explore some other architects...What would a Le Corbusier course look like?.... This looks awesome though. Teeing it up as soon as I get my computer back up and running. I would love to do a Gaudí style course like Park Guell but don’t know if the limitations of the designer would make it possible. |
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Post by rjwils30 on Mar 29, 2021 23:53:44 GMT -5
WHAT! The FLW trifecta is complete. Falling water clubhouse?!? Quote is basically the description of his house Taliesin. So good and so on point. I’m loving the architecture references. Makes me think I could explore some other architects...What would a Le Corbusier course look like?.... This looks awesome though. Teeing it up as soon as I get my computer back up and running. I would love to do a Gaudí style course like Park Guell but don’t know if the limitations of the designer would make it possible. Oh yeah. That would be a funky place. I’m sure there’s a way to do it. Might take some time (see Sagrada Familia). Guadi’s architecture does kind of lend itself to golf architecture, at least its kind of organic in form. Most other architects would be hard to translate to due the strict geometries that they follow. Ie: Louis Khan. Although I could see a Mies or approach. Very minimalist stripped down to the essence, no fluff.....hmm. |
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Post by trailducker on Mar 30, 2021 0:00:14 GMT -5
I would love to do a Gaudí style course like Park Guell but don’t know if the limitations of the designer would make it possible. Oh yeah. That would be a funky place. I’m sure there’s a way to do it. Might take some time (see Sagrada Familia). Guadi’s architecture does kind of lend itself to golf architecture, at least its kind of organic in form. Most other architects would be hard to translate to due the strict geometries that they follow. Ie: Louis Khan. Although I could see a Mies or approach. Very minimalist stripped down to the essence, no fluff.....hmm. I have a Farnsworth House tattoo in the same parti line style of the elevation on my forearm. 😏 There’s some ideas to possibly explore in the future here for sure |
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Post by Q on Mar 30, 2021 0:37:50 GMT -5
Frank Lloyd Wright is taking over these forums and I am 100% here for it. all of these FLW courses are making me want to do a Paolo Soleri themed desert course. |
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Post by b101 on Mar 30, 2021 1:51:16 GMT -5
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Post by Leecey on Mar 30, 2021 3:12:17 GMT -5
This is just pure class Scott - congratulations. The expansive view off the first tee gives you a feel for what you're going to get for the next 18 holes and it doesn't disappoint. Beautiful contours, unbelievably playable, inviting approaches and challenging shots off the tee and around the greens. Buildings are ridiculously well made and look stunning. Probably an odd thing to highlight but I thought the grass planting was first-rate too. Just unbelievably good.
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