LV home to other notable projects

Wednesday, March 2, 2005 | 11:03 a.m.

Las Vegas has attracted some major architects over the years, mostly for hotel-casino projects. Arguably none were as famous at the time as Frank Gehry, who has been contracted to design the Lou Ruvo Alzheimer's Center at Union Park, is today. Here are some noted architects who have either designed entire Las Vegas buildings or portions of major projects, as gathered from UNLV archives and Paul Steelman Ltd. Architects of Las Vegas:

Non-gaming:

Antoine Predock of New Mexico: The Las Vegas Library and Lied Discovery Museum downtown.

Rem Koolhaas of the Netherlands: The Venetian's 63,700-square-foot Guggenheim Las Vegas exhibition hall.

Morphosis, of Santa Monica, Calif.: The interior of the Tsunami Asian Grill at the Venetian.

C.W. Fentress, J.H. Bradburn and Associates: The Clark County Government Center adjacent to Union Park.

Gaming:

George Vernon Russell: The Flamingo in the 1940s.

Wayne McAllister, Hugh Taylor and Jac Lessman: The Desert Inn in the late 1940s. (McAllister also designed the old El-Rancho Vegas in the early 1940s -- it burned down in 1960 -- the Horseshoe and the Sands in the early 1950s and the Fremont with William Wagner in the mid-1950s.)

Jack Miller Associates: The Stardust in the 1950s.

Edward Hendricks of Los Angeles: The Landmark in the 1960s. (It was imploded in 1995 to make room for a parking lot.)

Melvin Grossman of Miami: Caesars Palace in the 1960s.

Rissman & Rissman: Circus Circus in the 1960s.

Martin Stern Jr.: The International Hotel (now the Las Vegas Hilton) and the MGM Grand (now Bally's) in the 1970s.

Marnell Corrao Associates: Sam's Town in the 1970s, The Mirage (with Joel Bergman) in the 1980s, the Rio Suite resort in the 1990s, and the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace.

Joel Bergman: Treasure Island in the 1990s.

Bergman, Walls & Youngblood Ltd.: Paris Las Vegas in the 1990s.

Veldon Simpson: The Luxor and MGM Grand in the 1990s.

Butler, Ashworth Architects, Ltd.: The soon-to-open Wynn Las Vegas.