Richard J. Diedrich, FAIA

Through a global reach in practice, teaching and as author, Richard Diedrich has led the resurgence of the clubhouse as the architectural soul and social center of the planned recreational community.

Practice:

• Designed, programmed, and consulted on over 80 facilities
• Venues as distant as Florida to Hawaii in the US
• Common theme of architectural context
• Appropriate graciousness and elegance of its location and culture

Collaboration with golf design legends Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio, and Palmer Design. Diedrich’s work has received 12 American Institute of Architects Awards for Design Excellance.

Internationally recognized authority on Recreational Clubhouse design:

• At Harvard University created and for 16 years taught the professional development course on design of clubhouses
• Focus on the programming, planning, and design of clubhouses and recreational community facilities
• Attendees include architects, developers, landscape architects, club managers, and interior designers

• John Wiley & Sons, Building Type Basics for Recreational Facilities
  • Seminal reference book for the design of facilities supporting active leisure
  • Used worldwide by architects, designers, and developers

• Images Publishing Group, The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse
  • Diverse collection of the best designed clubhouses in the United States
  • Examples from the 19th and early 20th centuries through today
  • Presenting the clubhouse's evolution into its current form

"Legendary Golf Clubhouses of the U.S. and Great Britain"

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"The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse"

"Mr. Diedrich's recently-published coffee table book, 'The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse'...includes photographs and site plan sketches of 62 of the most famous and sumptuous U.S. clubhouses, some of them quite recent."The 19th Hole Goes Back to Golf by John Paul Newport of The WSJ