ISSUE 12 / 2017 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE LAS VEGAS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS DESIGNS ON THE FUTURE THE UNLV SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF BREAKING RULES IN PURSUIT OF GREAT DESIGN YOUNG, HUNGRY, RESTLESS AND BOLD UPSTART ARCHITECTS WITH BRIGHT IDEAS BRIDGING THE GAP INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DESIGN TALENT Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, NV ULTRA HIP BWA has just completed the final phase of renovations to the guestrooms and suites at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Sexy artwork and chic, unexpected furnishings provide endless opportunities for selfies and social sharing. Make your followers jealous or invite them to join in the fun? With plenty of space and seating, these are the rooms that can do both. Bergman, Walls & Associates Ltd. was founded in 1994 as an architectural and interior design firm with an emphasis on Casino, Resort and Entertainment Design. Our mission is to provide our clients the highest level of individualized service. bwaltd.com PRESIDENT’S NOTE SEEING THE FUTURE IT ALL STARTED LAST APRIL WITH A the students had no idea that UNLV even had a School of simple email request from a high school student, a Architecture (something to work on!), and now they were junior in the construction program at the East Career seriously considering architecture as their college major. & Technical Academy. The student, Angely Ventura, The students have since formed an official AIAS chapter had asked to come tour our house. (My husband and at the East Career & Technical Academy, and several of fellow architect, John Klai, and I have an architecturally them are attending the UNLV School of Architecture in significant home that was designed by Eric Strain of the fall. Who would have thought the next generation of Assemblage Studio.) architects and designers was right here in plain sight, just We get the occasional request waiting for a spark to ignite their imagination? for tours, but we’re usually just too It’s up to us to create that spark, early and often. I’ve also busy to grant them. However, I was had the rewarding experience of working with elementary intrigued by Angely’s email, and I school students in underprivileged neighborhoods, thanks responded. We soon developed a to the leadership of landscape architect Anna Peltier of Aria dialogue that grew into a plan to Landscape Architecture. Anna is a leader of the Garden have her entire class come tour the Classroom Partnership. A joint program between AIA’s house in the fall. Committee on the Environment and Green Our Planet, In the meantime, near the end the Garden Classroom Partnership educates grade-schoolers of summer, Angely sent me another about the food supply, sustainability and the importance email asking if I would review her of planning and design. The AIA component introduces designs for her senior project and students to the design professions through design charrettes offer feedback. (Yes, she’d actually and interactive activities, and opens their eyes to the spent a good part of her break putting together designs importance of planning and site assessment. The light bulb for her senior project. “All my friends think I am crazy really switches on, however, when they see these lessons for spending my summer doing this,” she told me. She take shape in the form of a functioning garden at their own had even taught herself computer drafting and 3-D school. (And modern technology has given these students software programs to work on the project.) Their school a head start: Their understanding of Google Maps, aerial mascot is a Titan, and her idea was to build the Titan’s photography, site plans, scale, legends and sun orientation sword and present it to the school as a gift from the class. is astounding.) To date, AIA COTE has worked with eight The finished product would have a steel sub-structure elementary schools in the Las Vegas Valley. with acrylic panels, LEDs and solar panels. I loved her Having seen such talent and enthusiasm in our enthusiasm and her ambitious design, and we discussed schools, I’m encouraged more than ever about the future improvements and ideas over email. of architecture, and it makes this year’s focus on igniting The class trip to our home was a learning experience interest, education, and passion for architecture in the next for all of us. The students learned about architecture, and generation of architects particularly fitting. I learned that Angely was hardly alone in her passion for But feeding that talent and enthusiasm requires design. The students’ interest in architecture amazed me. action — it requires reaching out and talking to the next None of them had considered architecture as a career generation; it requires showing and sharing. Please reach path before. And yet, by the end of the trip, the students out to aialasvegas.org to learn about what you can do to were talking about starting an American Institute of help create a spark. I’ve gotten just a glimpse of the future Architecture Students chapter, and about what it would — and that future looks very bright. take to attend the School of Architecture at UNLV, which was well-represented by Dominic Armendariz, president Jon Sparer, AIA of the student chapter of the AIAS, and Eduardo Sanchez, President, AIA Las Vegas Chapter the high school outreach director. Before the tour, most of PAGE ISSUE 12 / 2017 ARCHITECTURE LAS VEGAS 1 [ FEATURES ] Young, Restless, Hungry, Bold: These rising talents promise great things for 30 architecture and design in the valley — and beyond. T.R. Witcher The Future is Now (and Then): From sun-powered homes to design ahead of its 38 time, Las Vegas has always been home to innovative architecture. ON THE COVER: Model at UNLV School Design Awards: Celebrating the state's best architectural projects of 2016 as selected of Architecture by 48 by Nevada Chapter of the AIA. Scott Dickensheets Aaron Mayes "Sinatra Living" 2017 Solar Decathlon house courtesy UNLV PAGE ARCHITECTURE LAS VEGAS ISSUE 12 / 2017 2 EVERY BUILDING TELLS A STORY ® Architecture Interior Design Urban Design Landscape Architecture www.cuningham.com MINNEAPOLIS LOS ANGELES LAS VEGAS BILOXI DENVER SAN DIEGO PHOENIX SEOUL BEIJING DOHA Architecture Interior Design Urban Design Landscape Architecture MINNEAPOLIS LOS ANGELES LAS VEGAS BILOXI DENVER SAN DIEGO PHOENIX SEOUL BEIJING DOHA www.cuningham.com [ DEPARTMENTS ] Industry: How to inspire the next generation of architects? Inform, inspire — 10 and bring them along for the ride. Tony Illia Education: UNLV’s School of Architecture turns 20 this year. Its graduates and 16 instructors have helped redefine what “Vegas design” means. T.R. Witcher Profile: With his dynamic style, Paul Revere Williams left a lasting impression 22 on Las Vegas in his homes, churches, and small resorts. Tony Illia BRIGHT FUTURE This issue of Architecture Las Vegas News + Notes: Upcoming meetings, panels, seminars and other events of looks ahead at the 62 interest to the architecture community. Randy Lavigne future of design in the valley — from young professionals on the rise Perspective: Toward an architecture that stimulates and embraces all the senses. to innovative designs. 72 T.R. Witcher Photo of model at UNLV School Architecture by Aaron Mayes PAGE ARCHITECTURE LAS VEGAS ISSUE 12 / 2017 4 IMPECCABLE TIMING SALES EVENT $ $ $ Cash Due Down First 0At Signing 0Payment 0Payment 2017 jAGuAr XE 00 Per month. $379. Plus tax. 36 months @ $379.00 plus tax. MSRP $37,033.00 7,500 miles a year. O.A.C. Offer includes $1,000.00 Impeccable Timing Sales Event Rebate. Stock #J17261. 12 at this payment. 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PAGE ARCHITECTURE LAS VEGAS ISSUE 12 / 2017 6 Our Passion, AIA LAS VEGAS BOARD OF Your Space DIRECTORS 2017 JON SPARERΠ, AIA PRESIDENT JENNIFER TURCHIN, AIA PRESIDENT-ELECT JOHN SAWDON, AIA TREASURER PATRICK BATTÉ, AIA SECRETARY Actual Schilling Horticulture Group landscape LANCE KIRK, AIA DIRECTOR chilling Horticulture approaches the design, DWAYNE ESHENBAUGH, AIA S installation and maintenance of landscape as a DIRECTOR combination of art, science and craftsmanship.