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Downtown Summerlin
By combining the natural desert character with a
contemporary landscape language, the design for
Downtown Summerlin strives for innovation while
avoiding hopelessly mundane desert clichés. The
design draws upon the desert as a visual source for
form, materials, colors, and textures. By distilling
the surrounding Red Rock Canyon into its simplest
attributes—desert floor, canyon wall, and open sky—a
landscape framework was created for the project’s
horizontal, vertical, and overhead surfaces.
Downtown Summerlin succeeds by providing a
landscape that reflects its natural surroundings while
remaining autonomous from them.
ProjectDowntown SummerlinLocationSummerlin, NevadaClientThe Howard Hughes CorporationSWA ScopeUrban Design, Landscape Architecture, Fountain DesignSize109 acres / 441,107.35 m21,000,000 sq. ft. / 92,903 m2 Retail600,000 sq. ft. / 55,741.8 m2 OfficeArchitectAltoon and Partners, ELS Architects, GenslerAwardsLEED Gold (pending final accreditation)
Downtown Summerlin
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