British architecture firm Foster + Partners has unveiled a new headquarters for golfing association PGA Tour in northeast Florida, featuring an expansive overhanging roof.

The PGA Tour HQ will span 187,000 square feet (17,373 square metres) over three floors, each wrapped in floor-to-ceiling windows on all sides.

The building, designed to serve as the first headquarters for the main professional golf association in the United States, will be located beside a large freshwater lake.

Its roof will extend over the entryway to form a shaded canopy, also covering a series of balconies protruding from the front facade.

The building's glazed walls and flat roofline are similar to Foster + Partners' designs for Apple, including the recently completed visitor centre at Apple Park and the new Apple Store in Chicago.
PGA Tour is based in Ponte Vedra, northeast Florida, and its abbreviation stands for the Professional Golfers' Association, with Tour short for Tournament Players Division.

One of the golf events run by PGA Tour is The Players Championship (TPC) at Sawgrass, a gated residential community with a golf course in Ponte Vedra.

Over the past few decades, PGA Tour has spread across multiple buildings in the greater northeast region of the state. The new headquarters "brings the organisation under one roof for the first time", said Nigel Dancey, head of studio at Foster + Partners.

Located to the south of the TPC Clubhouse, the new building's contemporary glas...