The Smith Center
The Smith Center
The Smith Center
CLIENT
The Smith Center
CLIENT
The Smith Center
TIMELINE
Opened 2012
TIMELINE
Opened 2012
BUDGET
$450M
BUDGET
$450M
SQUARE FEET
400,000 SF
SQUARE FEET
400,000 SF
LOCATION
Las Vegas, NV
LOCATION
Las Vegas, NV
THE MISSION
THE MISSION
The Smith Center was conceived as a comprehensive cultural development serving as the cornerstone of Las Vegas' downtown cultural district. The massive scale of the project included three separate performance venues and an education center.
The Smith Center was conceived as a comprehensive cultural development serving as the cornerstone of Las Vegas' downtown cultural district. The massive scale of the project included three separate performance venues and an education center.


The Challenge
The Challenge
Delivering a multi-venue cultural campus at this scale requires immense coordination and oversight to protect the client's financial and functional goals.
Delivering a multi-venue cultural campus at this scale requires immense coordination and oversight to protect the client's financial and functional goals.




THE STEWARDSHIP
THE STEWARDSHIP
We stewarded this landmark development, ensuring the complex programmatic needs of the various venues were met and aligning the massive project team around a shared vision.
We stewarded this landmark development, ensuring the complex programmatic needs of the various venues were met and aligning the massive project team around a shared vision.


The Team
The Team
David M. Schwarz Architects (design architect), HKS Architects (executive architect), FDA (theatre planner), Akustics (acoustician), and Whiting Turner (construction manager).
David M. Schwarz Architects (design architect), HKS Architects (executive architect), FDA (theatre planner), Akustics (acoustician), and Whiting Turner (construction manager).