Golf Course Architecture - Green Pages 2021

63 Steiner & Partner Landscape Architecture Waisenhausstrasse 2 Thun Switzerland Contact: David Bily Tel: +41 33 335 76 53 david.bily@steinerpartner.com www.steinerpartner.com Steiner & Partner Landscape Architecture is an experienced design and consulting firm, active both in Switzerland and internationally. The firm specialises in golf and environment services, providing complete golf design services according to the individual needs of the client and the golfer. These include master planning, design and construction of new golf developments, restoration and renovation of existing courses and personalised site management. Comprising both golf course architects and environmental specialists, the company is also actively engaged in many other areas of golf including environmental impact reports, greenkeeper education, promotion of sustainable golf development, verification and consulting for GEO Foundation certification, and regenerative design. The company also offers digital imaging and remote sensing services flying golf courses with different kinds of sensors as well as multi-spectral and thermal cameras to produce high-quality photos and maps, which help in analysing turf vitality to give managers and greenkeepers the possibility to view golf surfaces from a different perspective. These high-quality scaled images are also used as the base for an additional service developing geographical information systems for golf clubs. These new services can be seen at turfview.swiss and golfview.swiss. “An architect must understand three things to ensure good design: environment, maintenance and the game of golf. We strive to create innovative ‘Swiss quality’ design solutions in harmony with the environment.” Stirling & Martin Golf Course Architects Enrique Larreta 9, 1º B Madrid 28036 Spain Contact: Marco Martín, Golf Course Architect Tel: +34 670 82 59 59 marcomartin@smgolf.es www.stirlingmartingolf.com Blake Stirling and Marco Martín met at Dye Designs, working for the Dye family back in the eighties and nineties. In 1995, they opened the transatlantic golf design firm Stirling & Martin Golf Architects. Since then, they have designed golf courses around the world. Stirling, a former PGA professional player and landscape architect, leads the design stages and Martin, agricultural and civil engineer, supervises all the site analysis and construction work. Both from the Denver office in Colorado or the main office in Madrid, the two golf designers cover projects all over the world. The full range of services mainly include masterplanned residential golf communities with excellent views over a unique golf course. The pair’s target is to help their clients and developers to be successful and achieve recognition from the golfers playing the course. The firm’s 2020 work includes new creations such as Xaz Golf (18 holes), La Finca Golf (18 holes) and Altaona Golf (27 holes), all in Spain, and Tosa Golf (27 holes) in Paraguay. The company’s strong background and renowned determination to design the best golf course for any property has won worldwide acclaim. Many top living golfers such as Tony Jacklyn, Eduardo Romero and Tom Watson trust Stirling & Martin to team up with them to create signature golf courses.