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Tony Ristola Typical
LEADERSHIP DRIVEN GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE
MY PHILOSOPHY
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AND BEYOND
DESIGN
The real challenge in crafting a golf course lies in detecting
the subtle discontinuities that may undermine its perfection,
and finding the opportunities to make it that much better.
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Such challenges can only be answered during construction
because no architect has or ever will produce perfect plans,
and the builder would never construct the course as the
architect envisioned when left alone for days, weeks or
months at a time.
• Site Inspection
• Planning
• Construction
• Post Construction
SITE INSPECTION
I spend as many days as necessary to thoroughly explore,
make notes, and photograph the property. These days or
weeks of exploration and analysis reveal a variety of
conditions and intricacies (details), which are lost on even
the best topographic maps or aerial photos.
PLANNING
From the time invested exploring the property, collecting
information, and the mass of hours thinking about what I
have seen and experienced, I personally draw the plans. This
is continuity from Site Inspection to Planning.
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CONSTRUCTION
THE MOST CRITICAL PHASE OF DESIGN
Genius is 1% inspiration
and 99% perspiration.
Thomas Edison
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Due to my all-day, everyday leadership, communicating the
design details face-to-face, and monitoring this work in real-
time, I am able to integrate every opportunity to improve
the project. There is no more efficient or better method of
constructing a golf course. It results in projects which are
not just “good enough,” but the purest definition of my
vision.
POST CONSTRUCTION
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Wonderful things happen when people talk face
to face. Deals are made. Decisions are made.
Obstacles are cast aside. Whatever the job, the
job gets done face to face.
Granville N. Toogood
agolfarchitect.com
Leadership Driven Architecture
...Because Vision and Leadership are Inseparable
Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
agolfarchitect@yahoo.com
+1 909.581.0080
Design and construction are not separate jobs, but different parts of the same job
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