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We have a successful history in the planning and architecture of parks, recreation, fitness, and clubhouse facilities. Additionally, we have extensive experience in the land planning, amenity, and housing designs for golf course and marina communities.

The primary idea behind the Old Chatham Golf House located in Durham, North Carolina is to embody understated elegance and to achieve the highest level of service possible in professional shop operations and food and beverage service. Along with golf professional staff and golf course maintenance, it must also help to distinguish Old Chatham from the many other quality golf courses in the area. The Golf House is designed to be converted into a Golf Cottage in the future. Project scope includes the design of a grill room and kitchen, locker rooms, and golf shop. The Grill Room and Kitchen will include a central stone fireplace, seating area for twenty-four.

The project is a new boathouse facility at the lakefront of Bond Park with site improvements to the pedestrian and vehicular areas. The boathouse consists of 3 individual structures connected by a deck. The first of the three buildings is the Concession Sales/Rental structure which includes a staff office and restroom. This building is approximately 1,100 square feet and air conditioned in the staff office and restroom areas. The 615 square foot Restroom facility is the second building and is open year round. The restroom facility has heat for freeze protection, and louvers for ventilation, but no mechanical cooling. The final building is the screened-in Picnic Rental building that is approximately 550 square feet. This structure has power, lighting, and ceiling fans.

The Welcome Center functions as the primary information center for visitors to the Outer Banks. The facility houses an interactive information center, bathroom facilities, meeting rooms, and reading areas. Traditional materials such as cedar lap siding, vertical board and batten, and cedar roof shingles were used. Additionally, traditional forms such as steep pitched, multiple gable roof forms, bracketed porches, dormers and a belvedere were abstracted to evoke the spirit of the Outer Banks. The interior design concept, developed as an integration of the ovrall project, stived to emulate the beach-front atmosphere on the Outer Banks. Custom-designed information kiosks with solid surfaces made from recycled coral, house interactive touch screens while brochure towers topped with “ocean wace” decorative metal panels, display printed materials for each of the four local tourist districts. Natural materials used in harmony with color and light, combine to create an exciting, yet functional space.

Design and Planning for a new 10-acre park. Includes a playground, gazebo, bathhouse and 50-person picnic facility. Recreation fields and playground areas are surrounded by a walking trail.

Site inventory, analysis, and master planning of the 7-mile multipurpose trail along the Cape Fear River. Production of Construction Documents for the 4-mile segment of the greenway. This project required plan review and approval by NCDOT for TEA-21 funding. One particularly critical location required design of a bridge that crossed over an existing pond and dam. The trail was then routed along a boardwalk perched on the side slope of a 50' deep ravine as it passed through the railroad trestle to provide a grade separated crossing. Erosion control and environmentally sensitive design were important as the trail was woven in and out of the river’s floodplains and floodway. Coordination with railroads, utility companies, and homeowners for right-of-way acquisition were also necessary. Three bridges, from 80' to 130' in length, and several boardwalks were integral to the trail design.ground areas are surrounded by a walking trail.
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JDavis Architects
Raleigh, NC
Philadelphia, PA