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Crystals

The stainless skin of Daniel Libeskind's Crystals retail complex reflects the color and light of the signage across the Strip.
Crystals
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Las Vegas, Nevada
The stainless skin of Daniel Libeskind's Crystals retail complex reflects the color and light of the signage across the Strip.
Photo courtesy MGM Resorts International
The faceted surfaces of Crystals enclose stores and restaurants on three levels. The building's interior architecture, designed by Rockwell Group around the theme of an urban park, includes a 'tree ho
Crystals
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Las Vegas, Nevada
The faceted surfaces of Crystals enclose stores and restaurants on three levels. The building's interior architecture, designed by Rockwell Group around the theme of an urban park, includes a 'tree house' dining room for Mastro's Ocean Club. The mahogany-and-sapele cage, supported by steel, has a probiscislike extension that juts out over the mall's main floor.
Photo courtesy MGM Resorts International
The faceted surfaces of Crystals enclose stores and restaurants on three levels. The building's interior architecture, designed by Rockwell Group around the theme of an urban park, includes a 'tree ho
Crystals
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Las Vegas, Nevada
The faceted surfaces of Crystals enclose stores and restaurants on three levels. The building's interior architecture, designed by Rockwell Group around the theme of an urban park, includes a 'tree house' dining room for Mastro's Ocean Club. The mahogany-and-sapele cage, supported by steel, has a probiscislike extension that juts out over the mall's main floor.
Photo courtesy MGM Resorts International
Crystals' nighttime lighting scheme includes fixtures that created slit-shaped projections on interior surfaces, mimicking the effect of sunlight coming through slotlike skylights during the day.
Crystals
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Las Vegas, Nevada
Crystals' nighttime lighting scheme includes fixtures that created slit-shaped projections on interior surfaces, mimicking the effect of sunlight coming through slotlike skylights during the day.
Photo courtesy MGM Resorts International
MGM commissioned WET, the creator of the fountain at the neighboring Bellagio Resort & Casino, to design five fountains for CityCenter. One of two located inside Crystals features totems of ice up to
Crystals
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Las Vegas, Nevada
MGM commissioned WET, the creator of the fountain at the neighboring Bellagio Resort & Casino, to design five fountains for CityCenter. One of two located inside Crystals features totems of ice up to 15 feet tall that slowly melt, refreeze, and change shape.
Photo courtesy MGM Resorts International
The Aria and the neighboring Daniel Libeskind'designed Crystals retail complex enclose an outdoor room. The sliverlike space, defined by the canted glazed wall behind the hotel reception desk and the
Crystals
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Las Vegas, Nevada
The Aria and the neighboring Daniel Libeskind'designed Crystals retail complex enclose an outdoor room. The sliverlike space, defined by the canted glazed wall behind the hotel reception desk and the shopping mall's angular glass and stainless-steel-clad planes, contains a Henry Moore sculpture.
Photo courtesy MGM Resorts International
The stainless skin of Daniel Libeskind's Crystals retail complex reflects the color and light of the signage across the Strip.
The faceted surfaces of Crystals enclose stores and restaurants on three levels. The building's interior architecture, designed by Rockwell Group around the theme of an urban park, includes a 'tree ho
The faceted surfaces of Crystals enclose stores and restaurants on three levels. The building's interior architecture, designed by Rockwell Group around the theme of an urban park, includes a 'tree ho
Crystals' nighttime lighting scheme includes fixtures that created slit-shaped projections on interior surfaces, mimicking the effect of sunlight coming through slotlike skylights during the day.
MGM commissioned WET, the creator of the fountain at the neighboring Bellagio Resort & Casino, to design five fountains for CityCenter. One of two located inside Crystals features totems of ice up to
The Aria and the neighboring Daniel Libeskind'designed Crystals retail complex enclose an outdoor room. The sliverlike space, defined by the canted glazed wall behind the hotel reception desk and the
August 16, 2010

Architects & Firms

Studio Libeskind

Las Vegas, Nevada

People

People

Owner
MGM Resorts International/Infinity World

Architect
Studio Daniel Libeskind
2 Rector Street, New York, NY 10006
P: 212-497-9100
F: 212-285-2130

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
Daniel Libeskind, Owner
Carla Swickerath, Principal
Gerhard Brun, Associate
David Stockwell, Associate
Johan van Lierop, Associate
Noah Wadden, Steven Haardt, Sean Ellis, William Hunter, Taek Kim, Kiwoo Park

Architect of record
Adamson Associates International (AAI) Architects, Inc.

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
David Jansen, President
Bill Bradley, Partner
Ross Carter-Wingrove, Project Manager

Executive architect
Gensler of Nevada

Engineers
Structural: Halcrow Yolles

MEPT: WSP Flack + Kurtz

Fire & Life Safety: Rolf Jensen & Associates

Consultants
Landscape Design: D.I.R.T. Studio

Executive Landscape: Office of James Burnett

Lighting: Focus Lighting

Executive Lighting: Illumination Concepts

Acoustical: Shen Milson Wilke

Kitchen & Laundry: Romano Gatland

Waste Management: Cini Little

ADA/Accessibility: Access-by-Design Inc.

Materials Handling: The Schachinger Group

Back of House Interiors: Hamilton Anderson Associates

Wind: Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.

Risk Management: FM Global

Water Features: WET Design

Curtain Wall: Israel Berger Associates

Vertical Transportation: Lerch, Bates and Associates

LEED Consultant: The Fore Group

Sustainable Design: Buro Happold

Building Maintenance: Entek Engineering

Fall Arrest: FallTech/Checkmate, Rauch International

Retail Consultant: The Taubman Company

General Contractor
Perini Building Company

Interior Architects
Rockwell Group
5 Union Square West
New York, NY 10003
P: 212.463.0334
F: 212.463.0335

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
David Rockwell, Founder and CEO
David Mexico, Principal
Daniel Soleski, Senior Associate
Daniel Holguin, Associate
Tomas Pedrasa, Senior Designer
Harold Gainer, Associate
Gail Ginzburg, Interior Designer

 

Products

Products

Base Building:
Exterior cladding
Metal/glass curtainwall: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope

EIFS, ACM, or other: Centria Formawall

Roofing
Elastomeric: Saranafil (PVC)

Metal: Corus/Kalzip/Crown Corr (stainless material by Rimex)

Glazing
Glass: Viracon

Skylights: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope

Doors
Fire-control doors, security grilles: McKeon

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings: George M. Raymond Company

Suspension grid: George M. Raymond Company

Demountable partitions: George M. Raymond Company

Grand Stair: Commercial Cabinet Co.

Treehouse: West Works

Paints and stains: Benjamin Moore, Frazee Paint

Paneling: Timber Products Company (Plywood)

Plastic laminate: Formica

Special surfacing:
Grand Stair Cabanas: Mitchell Aronson, Inc. (copper wire supplied by Cooner Wire)

Grand Stair Flooring: Mullican Flooring

Hanging Garden: Mitchell Aronson, Inc. (steel supplied by Nucor)

Plaster: Ditan Color

Wood Veneer: Commercial Cabinet Co.

Wood Flooring: Margaritelli USA, Inc.

Plexiglass: Arkema, Inc.

Art Glass (Elevators): Pulp Studio

Art Mirror (Restrooms): Skyline Design

Floor and wall tile
Terrazzo and Stone Flooring: Corradini Corp.

Grand Stair Metal Mosiac Tile: Designers Stone Resource

Grout: Laticrete

Lighting
Philips

Exterior: we-ef

Conveyance
Elevators: Otis

Escalators: Schindler

Accessibility provision: Automated People Mover (APM: Dopplemayr Cable Car)

Plumbing
Fixtures and Trim: Toto, Delta

Washroom Accessories: Bobrick, Georgia-Pacific

HVAC
Radiant Flooring: Uponor

KEYWORDS: Las Vegas

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