Articles Tagged with ''Las Vegas''

Iwan Baan Surveys the Curious Likeness of Two Capitals of Power and Play in ‘Rome–Las Vegas’

Excerpt: Rome–Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses, by Iwan Baan

August 26, 2024

The new book of photography, featuring essays by RECORD contributing editor Izzy Kornblatt and others, comes 50 years after the publication of ‘Learning from Las Vegas.’

BIG Designs an Armadillo-esque Ballpark for the Future Las Vegas Athletics

Matt Hickman

March 6, 2024

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The Sphere has some fierce new competition in the rubbernecking department coming to the Las Vegas Strip circa 2028.

Fort 137 by Daniel Joseph Chenin

Las Vegas

RECORD Editors

December 28, 2023

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With commanding views of the surrounding arid landscape, this sustainable desert dwelling features heavy masonry walls, weathering steel facade panels, and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors.

RECORD Forum

The Las Vegas Sphere and the Promise of a New Earth

Izzy Kornblatt

December 1, 2023

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Forum: Izzy Kornblatt looks to the Enlightenment to understand the lavishly immersive $2.3 billion venue.

archival photo of denise scott brown with las vegas in the background

Fifty Years After ‘Learning from Las Vegas,’ Denise Scott Brown Gets Her Due

Review: 'Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect,' edited by Frida Grahn

Izzy Kornblatt

February 7, 2023

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An expansive new volume—the first collection of writings dedicated solely to Scott Brown—includes personal remembrances among other essays.

"From Las Vegas to Rome: Photographs by Iwan Baan" Opens at the American Academy

"From Las Vegas to Rome: Photographs by Iwan Baan" is on view in Rome through the end of November

Ilana Herzig

October 12, 2022

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RECORD's contributing photographer Iwan Baan showcases the spectacle of Las Vegas's structures as a lens to rethink Rome's classic architecture.

October 2022: Dates and Events

Pansy Schulman

October 6, 2022

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On view this month is one of the U.K.'s largest public art installations, a decommissioned oil rig transformed to illustrate the creative potential of industrial adaptive reuse.

September 2022: Dates and Events

Pansy Schulman

September 9, 2022

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This month, ongoing exhibitions include a display of park bench prototypes by Scottish designers on the grounds of Mount Stuart, a palatial 18th century estate on the Isle of Bute.

New Photography Exhibition Reframes the Work of Paul Revere Williams

The Nevada Museum of Art’s exhibition will run through October

Ilana Herzig

July 27, 2022

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Janna Ireland’s grayscale images honor the prolific works of the first Black architect accepted into the AIA.

Developer May Raze Foster's Unfinished Harmon Tower in Vegas

Tony Illia

November 19, 2010

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Whether the still unopened Harmon Hotel inside the CityCenter resort in Las Vegas is demolished or remains an expensive billboard is now part of yet one more legal battle stemming from the struggling mega-resort’s many financial woes.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course highlights the benefits, applications, and design potential of expanded mesh and perforated metal in creating sustainable, inspiring architectural projects.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/Elective; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar offers strategies to develop next-gen leaders, enhancing value, retention, and resilience for architecture firms.