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333 Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas, NV |
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| Opened: | 2007-05 |
| Cost: | $250 M |
| Other Size Measure: | 180-acre |
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| Owners: | Las Vegas Valley Water District |
| Funders: | Las Vegas Valley Water District $48 M from federal land sales |
| Contractors: | J.A. Tiberti Construction and Whiting-Turner Constructing Co. (General Contractors) Schematic Design Team: Aldrich Pears Associates ; Bufo, Inc.; ESG Construction Consultants; JW Zunino & Associates, Inc; Lucchesi Galati Architects; Scot D. Medbury; The Office of Thomas J. Martin; Operations Research Consulting Associates; Parametrix, Inc.; The Portico Group; PowerLight Corp.; Southwest Wetlands Group; University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Architecture; Natural Systems International; C+B Nevada Inc.; Poggmeyer Design Group; Carson Taylor Harvey Inc. |
| URL (bibliographic): | http://www.springspreserve.org |
| Description: | Master Plan Applying for LEED Platnium Certification Listed on the National Register for Historic Places in 1978 |
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| Extra Note: | “AIA, Las Vegas Chapter, honors local projects.” Construction Connection (Nov. 1999): 18. “Architects host annual design awards gala.” Las Vegas Review Journal 24 October 1999: 1M, 4M. Hopkins, Carmel. “Reserve project progresses.” Las Vegas Review Journal 4 January 2003: 2E. Hoversten, Mark. “The Centrality of Land-Based Issues in Design Education: Architecture Within Landscape.” 306090, September 2004, 37-41. Hoversten, Mark Elison; JW Zunino & Associates; Galati Lucchesi Architects, Inc.; and Zukosky, Kim A. Las Vegas Springs Preserve: Preliminary Schematic Site Plan. Las Vegas: 1999. UNLV Arch Bk Stks SB482.N32 L35 1999 Illia, Tony. 2005. "Vegas to Convert Old Water Springs Site into Nature Preserve Park." Architectural Record, May 2005, 70 Illia, Tony. "[Best Master-Plan]- The Architecture Issue". Citylife. August 19-25, 2004. Illia, Tony. “Green Acres: Springs Preserve Restores a Desert Oasis.” Southwest Contractor. June 2007. [Online]. Available: http://southwest.construction.com/features/archive/0706_feature2.asp Accessed June 7, 2007. Lucchesi, Raymond. “A Gathering Place.” Urban Land, September 2002, 59. "Nevada Best of 2007: Springs Preserve." Southwest Contractor. December 2007: 71. “New and notable.” Architecture Las Vegas 1, n.1 (Jan. 2001): 18-19. “New and notable.” Architecture Las Vegas 1, n.2 (Fall/Winter 2001): 8-10. Projects. [online] Available: http://www.lgainc.com Accessed October 20th, 2005. Rogers, Keith “State museum getting new home: springs preserve was home to some of area’s first inhabitants.” Las Vegas Review Journal. 20 November 2006. [Online]. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-20-Mon-2006/news/10840489.html Accessed November, 20 2006. “Sustainability, the straw that stirs Las Vegas: non-gaming attraction celebrates Las Vegas’ natural resources, history.” AIA LV Forum: Project News 2007 January. AIA Nevada Design Awards (1999) Entry No. 99NVU122, Nevada Citation Award. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form, photos, plans, drawings UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: projects statement, site plan, elevations, and renderings. Boards mounted on foam core 16” x 20”. "Trail Evokes Memories of Past" Las Vegas Sun pg8 August 20, 2006 LVO COL 22 |
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