{"id":194263,"date":"2025-12-20T04:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/194263\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T04:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:31:11","slug":"francis-kere-and-som-reveal-updated-las-vegas-museum-of-art-renderings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/194263\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9 and SOM reveal updated Las Vegas Museum of Art renderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9<\/a> and SOM<\/a> were announced<\/a> the architects of the forthcoming Las Vegas Museum of Art last year. In Sin City, a town of casinos and neon lights, the architects will be responsible for designing Las Vegas<\/a>\u2019s first premier, standalone art venue<\/a>. The museum evokes its desert landscape and is planned for a 1.5-acre site in Symphony Park, a 5-mile jaunt north of the Strip. K\u00e9r\u00e9 is the design architect and SOM is the architect of record.<\/p>\n

Initial renderings conveying the early design showed a masonry volume with a dramatic latticed cantilever, punctured by triangle apertures, that recall the desert. New renderings of the Las Vegas Museum of Art were shared this week by the development team, which includes the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), revealing an updated iteration.<\/p>\n

\"cantileverA dramatic canopy evocative of the original design will extend far out over a plaza; this will act as the building\u2019s front porch. (\u00a9 K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture\/Courtesy Las Vegas Museum of Art)<\/p>\n

The new renderings show a 60,000-square-foot building designed to accommodate 2.4 million annual visitors. The architecture is directly informed by the Mojave Desert, baobab trees of the African savanna, and modernism in Las Vegas (think: Guardian Angel Cathedral by Paul Revere Williams; schools, hotels, homes, and banks by Zick & Sharp).<\/p>\n

The facade will be composed of locally sourced stone from the surrounding Red Rock Mountains, giving the ensemble a reddish hue from afar, echoing the Mojave Desert\u2019s colors and patterns.<\/p>\n

\"conceptualConceptual section sketch (\u00a9 K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture\/Courtesy Las Vegas Museum of Art)<\/p>\n

A dramatic canopy evocative of the original design will extend far out over a plaza. This extensive roof will act as a front porch, architects shared. A staircase with a pronounced, curved shape will be the primary egress point. Its compelling form is visible from the exterior thanks to expansive floor-to-ceiling windows. Galleries will be located on the second floor and take cues from Williams\u2019s Guardian Angel Cathedral, a Las Vegas modernist landmark from 1963.<\/p>\n

\"grandA grand staircase will be the primary egress point, visible from the exterior thanks to expansive floor-to-ceiling windows. (\u00a9 K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture\/Courtesy Las Vegas Museum of Art)<\/p>\n

Elaine Wynn, cofounder of Mirage and Wynn Resorts, and also a co-chair on LACMA\u2019s Board, is a benefactor supporting the independent institution. The Las Vegas Museum of Art will borrow artworks from LACMA thanks to its partnership, and mount exhibitions and adapt educational programs together.<\/p>\n

\"aerialThe city\u2019s first premier, standalone art venue will be built on a 1.5-acre site in Symphony Park, next to the Smith Center for Performing Arts, almost 5 miles north of the Strip. (\u00a9 K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture\/Courtesy Las Vegas Museum of Art)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see the Las Vegas Museum of Art as a gathering place where the entire community can recognize itself and take pride in a building that reflects the history and spirit of the city and the beauty of its natural surroundings,\u201d Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9 said in a statement. \u201cLas Vegas is a place of architectural marvels and of a timeless, awe-inspiring desert landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opening is scheduled for 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9 and SOM were announced the architects of the forthcoming Las Vegas Museum of Art last year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-194263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}