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Hero image

2009 · Nevada, Nevada, United States

Vdara image

Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada

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Vdara

Nevada, Nevada, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Hero image

Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada

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Comparison

Field	Vdara 2009 · Nevada, Nevada, United States	Arthur Erickson Architects 1963 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2009	1963
Place	Nevada, Nevada, United States	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Place context	Nevada, Nevada, United States	Representative site: Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Climate	28°C · 13.3h daylight · 9 km/h wind	14°C · 14.0h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Focus	Performance venue	14 works in corpus
Architects	Rafael Vinoly	Arthur Erickson
Linked context	Bureaus Rafael Vinoly Architects	Notable works Museum of Anthropology at UBC Cedarvale station Yorkdale station 1 Cal Plaza
Typologies	performance venue hospitality	museum education campus building house performance venue building civic building landscape
Materials	stone	brick glass
Carbon signals	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone	Brick and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Brick Glass
Lower-carbon levers	Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.	Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it. Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	8 of 8 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.