Las Vegas City Hall Complex
Architect(s): Daniel, Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall
and KGA Architecture (addition)
Address: 400 E. Stewart Ave.
Year: 1973 and 2002

The Las Vegas City Hall complex consists of an eleven-story tower with a three-story circular wing surrounding an open plaza. The wedge-shaped tower is clad in marble and glass and considered a good example of 1960s modernist design. The complex has received criticism in the past for turning its back on downtown with the large, blank façade facing south. A recently completed addition by Las Vegas firm KGA Architecture has added much needed office space, a parking garage, and a sky bridge connecting the garage to the building. The addition won a 2003 AIA Nevada Citation award in the Built category.

View firm web site: DMJM
View firm web site: KGA Architecture
View KGA building information

Resources available in the ASL:
Anderton, Francis. Las Vegas : A Guide to Recent Architecture . London: Ellipsis, 1997. Arch NA 735 L3 A52

Hay, David. “A tale of three cities.” Architecture Las Vegas 1, n.2 (Fall/Winter 2001): 18-23. Includes renderings. ASL File #: GEN 21

Nicoletta, Julie. Buildings of Nevada . New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Includes project description and photo. Arch Ref NA 730.N3 N53 2000

Silver Kate. “10 Ugly Buildings.” Las Vegas Weekly , 21-27 October 2003, 18-19.  ASL File #:  LVA(F) VS 3

Information and image(s) also available on ASL's self guided architectural driving tours:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/downtown01a.html#004

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