Vegas’s newest high-stakes bet, the $8.5 billion CityCenter, has had a bumpy ride, with the deaths of six construction workers, a lawsuit between development partners over rising costs that was later dropped, and funding woes brought on by the global credit crisis.

People showSpecSheet(); People Owner MGM Resorts International/Infinity World Architect RV Architecture, LLC 50 Vandam Street New York, NY 10013 Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Rafael Viñoly, FAIA, JIA, SCA Jay D. Bargmann, AIA, NCARB Harold Park, AIA, LEED AP Chan-Li Lin, AIA, LEED AP Jiwoo Park, AIA Architect of record Leo A. Daly Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Leo A. Daly Tom Czech Lamberto Smigliani John Avery Reggie Smith Ysidro Baron Chuck Dixon Associate architect Hamilton Anderson Associates Engineers Structural: DeSimone Consulting Engineers Civil: Lochsa Engineering, LLC Mechanical/Electrical: Cosentini Associates Geotechnical: Terracon

As one more sign of the decline of the West and its dominance in things ultra-chic, Milanese fashion designer Giorgio Armani chose the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai for the setting of his touted debut in the hotel business.

From a distance, the half-mile-high Burj Khalifa in Dubai tapers to a near imperceptible spire like a mirage along the windswept desert coast of the Persian Gulf. 

Lighting designers favor form over flash for CityCenter's diverse set of buildings.

Built on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Seattle boasts a history of fishing and nautical trade.

Using a process of renovation through subtraction, the New York—based firm Lynch / Eisinger / Design (L/E/D) created a multitenant commercial building in part by taking away pieces of an old industrial complex.