HOSPITALITY

Radium Resort

Radium, BC (c.1979-85)

The core development is comprised of golf, recreational clubhouse, an inn hotel complex and staff housing. Associated with the core are peripheral developments of privately owned single family homes and condominiums.

The basic planning and design approach was essentially one of conceiving planning procedures and design parameters which provided the maximum reasonable flexibility to allow the development to grow in tune with marketing potential, user needs, growth demands and revenue.

Resort Centre

The golf and tennis form the initial core of the development with food and service operation backup. Other activities have been added ... squash, racquet ball, fitness facility, swimming and spa. The two storey club centre permits arrival at the lower level, with direct access to the golfing areas from the upper level. Locker rooms, exercise areas and servicing occupy the ground floor space with the dining, pro-shop and administration areas on the upper floor. The hotel facility is administered from the lower level entry, controlling the flow of guests and visitors from the drop off and parking area. The split level dining area permits direct views of the 9th and 18th greens in addition to the surrounding mountains. Sloping clerestory glass and the high ceiling provide a very bright and warm space to relax and dine in.

The Centre has grown from a basic proshop and dining, to a full service club centre.

The primary building materials used are concrete, glulams and timber. All the elements are featured in the main structure, with sandblasted concrete buttresses and large beams reflecting the rustic strength of the mountain valley setting. Sloping cedar shaked shed roofs soften the edges of the complex and provide protected access around the centre.

Resort Inn Hotel

The two and three storey Inn is wrapped around the 18th green and is connected to the Centre with covered walkways. The Centre serves as a "lobby" for the Inn. The Inn consists of four buildings with four basic unit types ... single storey, one bedroom and living area ... two storey, one bedroom, loft bedroom, two baths and living area ... and single storey, standard single and double hotel type accommodations. All of the units have large covered decks to provide enjoyment of the outdoors in all types of weather.

The Inn has grown from a single basic 12 unit building to a complex of four, with approximately 90 units.

The general appearance of the Inn responds to the aesthetic established for the resort. It is considered important to produce a visually unified development which is an appropriate expression for the climatic and geographical characteristics of the area. This aesthetic is expressed with steep roofs, cedar shakes, cedar siding, rough timbers and log columns ... essential design components.

Staff Housing

A staff housing component provides year round accommodation for essential staff. It is comprised of four lower and four upper units nestled in the trees adjacent to the main access road. The lower units have grade access, while each pair of upper units is served with a separate exterior stair. All units are one bedroom, with loft areas provided in the upper units to facilitate the varying numbers of staff that occur seasonally.

The Rocky Mountain style is continued with the steeply sloped roofs, cedar shakes, spruce siding, cedar decks, log columns and glulam beams, to compliment the mountain setting.