Synopses & Reviews
The fifth in a series documenting the Edward P. Bass Visiting Fellowship in Architecture at Yale, this book chronicles the collaboration of Fellow Chuck Atwood, the former vice chairman of Harrah's board of directors, with Davenport Visiting Professor David M. Schwarz, assisted by Brook Denison and Darin Cook. Focusing on Las Vegas's lack of pedestrianism, they asked the students to investigate vital urban sites around the world and then apply theses lessons learned to the automobile-centric Strip. The students met with Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Harrah's CEO Gary Loveman, and private-equity managers David Bonderman and Marc Rowman as they devised ways to transform the world's premiere themed playground into a livable and pedestrian-oriented city.
Synopsis
This is the sixth in a series documenting the Bass Visiting Fellowship in Architecture at Yale that chronicles the collaboration of Fellow Chuck Atwood, vice chairman of Harrah's Entertainment, with Davenport Visiting Professor David M. Schwarz, assisted by Brook Denison and Darin Cook. Issues of creating an urban space, connecting to the city, and programming beyond the resort were addressed.
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Documents the development of plans for a campus of resorts on the Las Vegas Strip by a studio of ten Yale students.
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Developer Charles Atwood and architect David M. Schwarz with Yale students designed pedestrian-friendly urban design projects in Las Vegas. In context with the original 1968 Yale Las Vegas Studio, Atwood and Schwarz asked students to learn from other cities how to combat Las Vegas's lack of street-oriented urbanism.
About the Author
Nina Rappaport is publications editor at the Yale School of Architecture.