Award of Merit | Commercial Exterior
MGM City Center Aria, Las Vegas, NV
MIA Member Company:
Las Vegas Rock Inc. Jean, NV
- Stone Supplier - Stone Fabricator
Other Project Team Members:
Carrara Marble Company of America, Inc. (MIA Member)
- Client - Stone Installer
Peli Clark Peli - Architect/Designer
Perini Building Company - General Contractor
Stone:
Meta-Quartzite
The City Center Project was awarded LEED Gold Certification by the USBGC, the highest level of LEED achievement given to any hotel in Las Vegas. The material supplied by Las Vegas Rock helped obtain this certification with its Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified status as a sustainable manufacturer of stone. The Aria Resort & Casino, a venue in the City Center project, is where the prominent use of Las Vegas Rock's meta-quartzite stone is on showcase.
Approximately 70,000 square feet of stone was used on this building. Pieces of the project range from 9" x 12" to 96" x 60", and were processed over a 20-month timeframe. All cuts were made within a tolerance of 1mm. The spa tower features 2' x 5' modular panels of the meta-quartzite with a honed face and a custom split-face accent band.
Approximately 5,000 square feet of randomly placed 3, 5, 7cm stone pieces make up the VIP entrance wall. This "mosaic" pattern which utilizes panels of varying thickness, gives the wall a three dimensional architectural relief that is extraordinary and welcomes the resort's most distinguished guests. The overall response to the stone at the Aria resort has been overwhelmingly positive.
Award of Merit | Commercial Exterior
Cedar Hill Government Center, Cedar Hill, TX
MIA Member Company:
TexaStone Quarries, Garden City, TX - Stone Supplier
Other Project Team Members:
Holzman Moss Architecture - Design Architect
Hunt Construction - General Contractor
Wiginton Hooker Jeffrey Architects - Architect of Record
Newman Jackson Bieberstein Landscape - Architect
Stone:
TexaStone Pink Limestone
For the first time in Texas history, three community functions are housed under one roof. The Cedar Hill Government Center houses city hall, the police department and the administrative offices of the independent school district. This unique assembly of activities was generated for public convenience, economy of operations, and greater construction value. The effective use of public space motivated this unique assembly of activities.
TexaStone Pink, a rose colored limestone, wraps each of the three major structures facing Uptown Boulevard. One building contains the administrative spaces for the school district, one the City Hall, and the third the Police Department. The sense of permanence associated with older Texas civic structures is heightened by the use of 40,000 square feet of limestone applied in four patterns; six course sizes and three finishes. The erection of varied combinations provides articulated surfaces in the strong Texas sunlight. Smooth sawn blocks form a continuous stepped five-foot band along the top of the three structures, which rusticated blocks form the building's base. In between, ashlar patterned blocks form a field with random placement of larger blocks, belt courses and special windowsill units. Large vertical windows regularly punctuate the stone. Horizontal recycled metal screens shade southfacing windows; these are perforated train car siding panels turned sideways and held in place with tension rods and turn buckles.
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