Designing A 'Themeless' Vegas Casino

Architect Cesar Pelli will design a 4,000-room "themeless" hotel-casino, part of a $4.7-billion project to be built on the Las Vegas Strip.

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April 12, 2005, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Unlike the faux castles, pyramids, jungles and city knockoffs that make up the giant themed resorts along the Strip, this project will be about the architecture, said Pelli, former dean of Yale University's School of Architecture.

...'When you don't have a theme, the attraction of the building has to rest in the beauty of the architecture,' Pelli said. "

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Pelli to Design Themeless Casino

Monday, April 11, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

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