BIGHORN Clubhouse — Palm Desert, CA

The Clubhouse at BIGHORN, Palm Desert, Calif., is “built on curves,” says BIGHORN President Carl Cardinalli. The clubhouse has linear wood ceilings, special ceilings shaped like leaves, and matching wood wall panels. “There are very few right angles to be found throughout the entire building,” Cardinalli says.

BIGHORN has eight, leaf-shaped walnut veneered ceilings, totaling 3,628 square feet. The largest is 952 square feet in size. The smallest is only 71 square feet. 9Wood designed the systems to meet the architect’s design intent. BIGHORN Magazine calls them “a suspended work of art within this grand setting.”

The undulating upper ceilings run inside and outside the building. They comprise about 12,000 square feet of 3-1/4-inch linear planks, ranging from 8 to 12 feet in length, made of a custom-stained solid western hemlock.