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| This page was updated 7/25/11 | ||
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Currently
under
construction,
The Smith
Center for
the
Performing
Arts will
be the
centerpiece
in the
city's
61-acre
Symphony
Park
development.
The
art-deco
styling was
inspired by
the Hoover
Dam. Built
to last,
this
project
uses
Indiana
limestone
and granite
instead of
EIFS.
The project is anchored on the northeast corner by a 170-foot-tall bell tower with 46 handcrafted bronze bells which span over four octaves. This is another in a series of LEED certified (green) buildings in the Las Vegas valley.
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 The
Anatomy of
the FacadeThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts is designed to be a 200-year building. No EIFS is used, after all, this is a LEED Green building. The public area facade is clad with 3" thick limestone. The non-public area will be clad using a three-step plaster process (with the appearance of limestone). An earlier shot (from 6/3/10 - below) only showed the plaster side of the facade mockup. I received several comments from architectures and construction folks claiming that the facade in the photo was not limestone. I made a return trip to the site and ventured to the other side of the fence to get a better look and discovered the real limestone.
So, this is
going to be
a very well
built
structure
with NO
(and I
repeat), NO
EIFS used.
Come join
the
discussion
on the blog |
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The Smith Center - Construction Photos |
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A couple of
night shots
of the
tower |
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Much
progress
has been
made on the
project. |
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Don't
worry, this
is not the
color of
The Smith
Center,
it's merely
the first
step in the
three-step
plaster
process, |
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Photos
6/3/10 by
Mark Adams |
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Mostly
framed-out,
the Smith
Center is
looking
great. |
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