February 2010
As structural engineer, Halcrow Yolles has designed many of the innovative structures that make up CityCenter, the latest spectacular addition to the city of Las Vegas.
The project opening marks a new chapter for architecture on the Strip: in its technical achievements, collaboration with major architects and sustainability, as well as the amenities and style it introduces to the city.
CityCenter brings together signature buildings by numerous world-renowned architects (with developers MGM Mirage and Infinity World) and is the largest collaboration of its kind in the USA, comprising upscale hotels, residential accommodation and entertainment facilities. It is also the USA’s largest and most significant privately funded development project.
Halcrow Yolles was structural engineer for the iconic retail and entertainment centre Crystals™ , designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind, the leaning residential complex Veer Towers™, designed by Murphy/Jahn and Adamson Associates, and the elegant Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, incorporating hotel, condominium and spas, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox and Adamson Architects.
Working with the architect teams for each project, we delivered innovative thinking, creative energy and a shared passion for great design and sustainable, functional solutions.
The US$8.6 billion CityCenter development produced over 10,000 construction jobs and will provide more than 12,000 others once fully operational.
The buildings cover 76 acres along the Las Vegas Strip. The 18 million ft² mixed-use project features six landmark structures that are part of MGM’s vision to enhance Las Vegas’s reputation as a celebrated international leisure and business destination.
MGM CEO Bobby Baldwin highlights the concept of a city within a city, reducing the emphasis on gaming, to make CityCenter “the next step in the evolution of Vegas.”
Halcrow Yolles’s sustainable design approach and the use of local, recycled and natural materials contributed not only to the achievement of LEED™ Gold standard ratings for the projects, but also to recognition of CityCenter as one of the world’s largest green developments.