In a year both challenging and innovative, clubs across the country moved fast to bring their members the improvised facilities of 2020. In contrast to the facilities featured elsewhere in this issue—achievements mostly born of years of deliberate planning and significant investment— the examples that
Relevant facilities are critical to retain the members you have and to appeal to the ones you want. While the COVID-19 pandemic brought misery and havoc throughout the country, it was a bit of a tonic for the club industry. After years of difficulty competing
The Club Leadership Alliance (CLA), co-founded by McMahon Group, Kopplin Kuebler & Wallace and Club Benchmarking, has a vision for the industry of transforming the club leadership model through widespread understanding and adoption of the best practices that lead to sustained club success. Those best
As we enter another facility expansion era for clubs, it continues to be important to consider the environmental, safety and security aspects of club facilities; those that protect our members, staff and the overall environment. These considerations in facility design are not that difficult or
Consumers have made dramatic shifts due to the coronavirus pandemic and so have the facilities they occupy. Social distancing, or more aptly, physical distancing, has forced businesses and residences to rethink their layouts and purposes to accommodate new preferences and best practices. While the vaccine
“Welcome to one of South Florida’s finest private yacht and fishing clubs. The Key Largo Anglers Club started in the 1920s as a fishing camp for visitors from Miami and many other locations. The club has evolved into the multidimensional facility that you see today
Located just outside of Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Va., Washington Golf and Country Club (WGCC) has transformed itself from being described as a “sleepy” club with outdated facilities and an idiosyncratic golf course to a trendsetting, yet comfortable and familiar club that boasts a waiting
Truly private clubs are often believed to be exempt from the federal American Disability Act (ADA). However, almost all local building codes have adopted accessibility standards for all buildings, including clubs, and clubhouses and club grounds should conform to ADA standards. However, we don’t need
A new day is dawning for clubhouse planning. When club operations and offerings change as they are now, so should the facilities that contain them. Good clubhouse architecture is not just about attractive interiors and trendy exteriors. Clubhouse design, floor plans, relationships between rooms, staff