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Architectural Digest Names WRJ-Designed Sporting Club to Top 50 Clubhouses
August 8,
2018 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry 
Architectural Digest recently published its list of the 50 most beautiful clubhouses in America – selecting one from each state – and naming the Snake River Sporting Club in Jackson Hole as its Wyoming pick.
Award-winning WRJ Design, also based in Jackson Hole, created the interiors for the project in 2013, cultivating an ambiance of relaxed luxury rooted in nature through its choice of palette, materials and furnishings for the exclusive private club.
“In a nation with hundreds, if not thousands, of worthy contenders, the task of choosing just one from each state was by no means easy,” writes AD of its reveal of the country’s most beautiful clubhouses, adding that the final list “reflects a range of styles, but all are distinctive—and most have features that reflect the spirit of their respective states.”
Reimagining the Rocky Mountain region’s traditional lodge aesthetic, WRJ Design hand-selected each piece for the 26,000-square-foot Snake River Sporting Clubhouse clubhouse, which serves as a base camp for club members to enjoy relaxing, dining and events in between adventures in the outdoor setting overlooking the club’s namesake river. The club sits on nearly 1,000 acres on the outskirts of Jackson Hole with a fully functioning ranch. Its Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course has been ranked the #1 private golf course in Wyoming 2015-2018 by Golf Digest.
The WRJ Design team created a harmonious environment with detailed consideration to the lifestyle of Snake River Sporting Club members, explains WRJ design director and co-founder Rush Jenkins. His deep roots in and understanding of the West date back to a childhood spent on his family’s Idaho farm before serving as Director of Design at Sotheby’s New York City auction house and eventually coming full circle to establish WRJ Design in Jackson Hole with partner and firm COO Klaus Baer.
“We had long admired the Sporting Club before the opportunity arose to redesign the interiors,” Jenkins says. Baer agrees. “We’ve always loved the setting of this sporting club: the way the Snake River meanders below, the way the aspen trees dot the surrounding by hillsides, the way the river bed contains so many shades of greens, and then of course, the eagles that are nesting right near there. So, we were thrilled to do the interiors,” he said.