The Country Club at Mirasol: Palm Beach Gardens, FL.Judges' Verdict: "Nobody respected Hemingway's admonition Any formal verbal statement made during a trial by a judge to advise and caution the jury on their duty as jurors, on the admissibility or nonadmissibility of evidence, or on the purpose for which any evidence admitted may be considered by them. to Fitzgerald that tire rich are different because "they have more money" than did the early Florida developers like Addison Mizner Addison Mizner (1872 – 1933) was a resort architect born in Benicia, California. Mizner did not have formal training. As a child he traveled around the world with his father, who was the United States minister to Guatemala. and Henry Flagler who reveled in breathtaking architectural excess. The Mirasol clubhouse recalls tire grandeur of Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. and Palm Beach, but with a modern sensibility." Imagine retiring to a beautiful college campus, where you could enjoy the delights of those magical years--without having to lift a single one of those dreadful textbooks. The strictly-qualified "active adults" at the Country Club of Mirasol enjoy an experience much like that of students at America's finest college campuses. But instead of walking between english literature English literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. and physics 101, the daily schedule might look more like "10:00 Golf; 2:30 Bridge." Tucked within 36 championship holes of golf and a series of gently winding promenades is the heart of the community--Mirasol's new 55,000-sq.-ft. clubhouse. Designed and erected by architects Diedrich/NBA, a subsidiary of Niles Bolton Associates, the main building is perfectly symmetrical and serves as hub from which all other activity areas precipitate precipitate /pre·cip·i·tate/ (-sip´i-tat) 1. to cause settling in solid particles of substance in solution. 2. a deposit of solid particles settled out of a solution. 3. occurring with undue rapidity. . The architecture and interior aesthetic are most formal in the main building, and become more casual as one moves out to the periphery of the campus. The architect achieved an exceptional degree of connectivity between areas for the size of the campus and diversity of amenities offered. Members can easily walk between any of the club's activity areas, and the club's central casual dining facility is strategically located as a natural end-point from all physical activity areas. "The main clubhouse is a large building, and it becomes like a state house compound with a main house and the 'dependencies,' as they call them in the South. The concept evolved from communities that developer, Taylor Woodrow, had done before," architect Dick Diedrich, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture said. Lush tropical plants permeate permeate /per·me·ate/ (-at?) 1. to penetrate or pass through, as through a filter. 2. the constituents of a solution or suspension that pass through a filter. per·me·ate v. the compound, elegantly integrated into walkways and transition areas. Around every corner a delightful bench, a shady tree, or some other natural alcove comfortably invites passers-by to stop and relax for a while. On the promenade level of the main clubhouse, panoramic views of golf and preserve are stunning. In addition to dining facilities, the upper clubhouse offers separate rooms for business and social meeting functions, a catering area, sitting room, and banquet hall Definition A banquet hall is a room used for social gatherings like receptions, reunions, parties, and business events. . The pool center sits squarely between the club's main dining facility and a 17,000-square-foot fitness center, serving as a link between the two primary traffic areas. The design is axial axial /ax·i·al/ (ak´se-al) of or pertaining to the axis of a structure or part. ax·i·al adj. 1. Relating to or characterized by an axis; axile. 2. in nature, rhythmically passing members in and out of the central hub as they make their way between various activity areas and clubhouse functions. "When I speak of the activity areas being connected," said Diedrich, "in Southern Florida I mean outdoor connections, and they contribute to the vitality of the club. Every activity and every transition is meant to bring the members together." Credits Design Architect: Diedrich/NBA, a subsidiary of Niles Bolton Associates, Dick Diedrich, AIA; Tony Paladino, RA, project architects. Architect of Record: Jeffrey A. Ornstein PA. Interior Designer: Hutchins Group Inc., Ron Hutchins, project designer. Landscape Architect: Krent Wieland. Project HIGHLIGHTS Architecture: 1920s Addison Mizner style, Mediterranean. Symmetrical main building serves as a hub for surrounding activity areas. Materials: Light stucco stucco (stŭk`ō), in architecture, a term loosely applied to various kinds of plasterwork, both exterior and interior. It now commonly refers to a plaster or cement used for the external coating of buildings, most frequently employed in ; cast stone; barrel tile roofs; stone pavers. Exterior Features: Winding promenades, connecting activity areas in a campus-like setting. Notable Spaces: Casual dining is encouraged. The Grille Room serves as the main point of transition from swimming, tennis, fitness center, and golf course; promenades connecting each activity area are lavishly landscaped; junior Olympic pool and patio area. Square Footage/Areas Affected: 55,000-sq.-ft. main clubhouse, cart barn, and golf academy, plus a 17,000-sq.-ft. Esplanade Sport and Fitness Center with aerobics studio, workout equipment, junior Olympic swimming pool, and tennis courts. Mirasol At-a-Glance Barn-Raisers: The Country Club at Mirasol functioned out of the building's cart barn for two years during the completion of the main clubhouse. Now that's some Cart Barn! Claim to Fame: Home of the PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Honda Classic The Honda Classic is a PGA Tour golf tournament that is played each March in Florida. It was founded in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic. In 1981, American Motors (AMC) backed the tournament. Since 1982, Honda has sponsored it. , the second event in the PGA Tour's Southern Swing--five tournaments in Florida and Georgia headed up to the Masters. Lights, Camera ... Action! Unbeknownst to television viewers, when the club hosted its first Honda Classic in 2003, Mirasol's clubhouse in the background was merely a facade. The contractor completed the spectacular exterior for the television cameras, but the actual clubhouse wasn't finished until three months later. Natural Advantage: The Mirasol golf course is integrated into and preserves natural areas that adjoin the Laxahatchee Slough Slough (slou), city (1991 pop. 106,341) and borough, central England. After World War I, the residential city and its outlying area underwent rapid industrial development, owing in part to its proximity to London. preservation area of South Florida. The five-mile Mirasol Trail gently winds through a scenic natural preserve setting. |
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