Pelli Clarke Pelli's ARIA Resort & Casino Wins Chicago Athenaeum Award for
Cutting Edge Design in America
</pre> <p><span class="xn-location">NEW HAVEN</span>, Conn., <span class="xn-chron">Oct. 19</span> /CNW/ -- Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects' ARIA Resort & Casino has been selected for a 2010 American Architecture Award. The prestigious design awards program, organized by the <span class="xn-location">Chicago</span> Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, honors new and cutting edge design for projects designed and built in the <span class="xn-location">United States</span> by American and international architecture firms. A jury selected the winning projects from more than 1,000 entries. CityCenter, the 67-acre <span class="xn-location">Las Vegas</span> development of which ARIA is the centerpiece, is also an award recipient. An exhibition of the winning projects begins <span class="xn-chron">Nov. 4</span> at "The City and the World: <span class="xn-location">Madrid</span> Symposium" before traveling to <span class="xn-location">Athens</span> and <span class="xn-location">Istanbul</span>.</p> <pre> (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101018/NE84066 ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101018/NE84066 ) </pre> <p>As the tallest structure in CityCenter, ARIA Resort & Casino redefines the <span class="xn-location">Las Vegas</span> skyline. The 3.8 million-square-foot hotel-casino complex is comprised of two curvilinear steel-and-glass towers. Guest rooms and light-filled corridors offer panoramic views of the <span class="xn-location">Las Vegas</span> Strip below and the surrounding mountains beyond. The project includes 4,000 guest rooms, a 150,000-square-foot casino, 16 restaurants, 10 bars and lounges, shops, a three-level conference center, two-level spa building, a 215,000-square-foot pool deck, and an 1,800-seat theater for Cirque du Soleil. ARIA also includes works by renowned artists <span class="xn-person">Maya Lin</span>, <span class="xn-person">Jenny Holzer</span>, and <span class="xn-person">Tony Cragg</span>.</p> <p/> <p>Consistent with CityCenter's scale -- it is the world's largest LEED-rated development -- ARIA is the world's largest hotel to achieve a LEED Gold rating. Continuing Pelli Clarke Pelli's innovations in sustainable design, green technologies used in ARIA will result in a 30 percent improvement in energy efficiency and an estimated savings of 31 million gallons of water each year.</p> <p/> <p>Founded in 1977 and led by Cesar Pelli, <span class="xn-person">Fred Clarke</span>, and Rafael Pelli, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects has designed some of the world's most recognizable buildings, including the World Financial Center in New York, the Petronas Towers in <span class="xn-location">Kuala Lumpur</span>, and the International Finance Centre in <span class="xn-location">Hong Kong</span>. The firm has been honored with critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects' Firm Award and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.</p> <pre>
For further information: Janet Yoder, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, +1-203-777-2515, [email protected] Web Site: http://www.pcparch.com
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