Aria Resort & Casino: Las Vegas, Nevada

The Aria Resort & Casino is located at 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South in Las Vegas, Nevada. The group of structures located at the site are breathtaking with effortless-looking design, often referred to as CityCenter. The overall design challenge was to build an entire city within a fully developed city. Although extremely beautiful, much work was done to make this project as green as possible. Aria has set new standards for "responsible growth" in the city, as the USGBC has awarded it with six distinct LEED Gold certifications to its Resort & Casino’s hotel tower, convention center and showroom, Vdara Hotel & Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Crystals, and Veer Towers.

The buildings have been designed by the firm of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and what a fine job they did! There has been nothing left out of this amazing project; the glistening casino, 16 different restaurants, 10 bars & lounges, and a 1800 seat theater featuring a Cirque de Soleil performance dedicated to Elvis Presley. There is truly something for everyone at this resort.

Shaboo Restaurant at Aria














Blossom Restaurant at Aria




















Haze Nightclub

The design plan of Aria includes materials made of recycled content to reduce waste. This was obviously a wise choice on the designer's behalf due to the fact that it is such a large project with the main concept of being one of the "greenest" hotels on the Las Vegas strip. The selected interior materials were also made sure to be manufactured locally to reduce long distance deliveries and so on.

More than 50% of all of the wood and crystal products that were used in this project are FSC certified and chosen carefully. Another way that the resort is environmentally friendly is that low-emitting paints were selected in the design process.

After reading about much of the resort's design process, I am very impressed on how well thought out the 'environmental footprint' aspect of the whole project was executed. There are so many things down to the flooring materials(that lower the usage or need of air conditioning) that have been so wonderfully thought out. I think this project is definitely a spectacularly finished product.

Stone flooring within resort

I think that the overall choices made over materials in the space have been successfully selected for the amount of use they will be taking. The interior of the resort is definitely cutting edge, extremely intriguing and aesthetically pleasing to anyone who may set foot inside. Aria is a perfect example of a project that can be green and environmentally friendly yet still have the same modern and beautiful touches that we all long to see.

References:

*www.arialasvegas.com

*www.localism.com/blog/nv/las_vegas_strip