Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house is the new centre of Ayla Golf Club. Desi­gned by the legen­dary Greg Norman, Ayla Golf Club boasts an 18-hole cham­pi­on­ship course and a nine-hole floodlit academy course. The new buil­ding was desi­gned by Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture.

Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house takes inspi­ra­tion from the natural dune­s­capes and moun­tains of the surroun­ding desert as well as the archi­tec­tural heri­tage of the ancient Bedouin.

The inno­va­tive and organic design of the buil­ding forms the iconic core of the Ayla Oasis mixed-use resort deve­lo­p­ment.

The distinct archi­tec­tural form of the Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house estab­lishes a unique connec­tion with nature by captu­ring the elemental, vibrant beauty of the rolling desert land­scape.

A massive concrete shell drapes over the program areas, enve­lo­ping the inte­rior and exte­rior walls of each volume. The curved shot­crete shell blends with the sand like dunes instead of having conven­tional walls and ceilings. Openings grant views towards the spec­ta­cular Aqaba Moun­tains in the back­ground.

Corten steel perfo­rated screen filters the light, similar to the tradi­tional Arabic ‘’Mashra­biya’. Jorda­nian patterns inspired the trian­gular pattern of openings while the tones of the surroun­ding moun­tains are echoed in the colors of the shot­crete and the metals.