CCSN West Charleston Campus
Architect(s): RAFI
Address: 6375 W. Charleston Blvd.
Year: 1996, 1999

This colorful 80-acre campus features the Computer Learning Center, Academics and Student Services Building, and campus plaza with abstract art, seating, and landscaping. The fuchsia, yellow, blue, purple, and red colors are intended to represent colors found in the desert flora, mountains, and sunsets. Another reason for the colorful EIFS exteriors was to help create an identity recognized citywide for the Community College. The two-story Academic Building, which cost $10 million, received a 1996 Gold Nugget Award. The four-story Academics and Student Services Building, which cost $17 million, received a 2000 Gold Nugget Award.

Description: "The Charleston Campus is the largest of our 3 main campuses. Located in the city of Las Vegas approximately 6 miles west of downtown, the Charleston Campus is conveniently located on 80 acres in west Las Vegas and enrolls nearly 12,000 students each semester. Since 1988, the Charleston Campus has been providing education and training to meet the growing demand for professionals entering the fields of health science and computer science as well as offering an extensive array of general education and transfer courses. "

Resources available in the ASL:

ASI: Life Transition Center: Las Vegas, NV AIA Nevada Design Awards (2003) Entry No. UB03037 , Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form/board, plans, elevations, photos and CD

CCSN West Charleston campus, Phase III: Las Vegas, NV. 6375 W. Charleston Blvd. AIA Nevada Design Awards (1996) Entry No. 96B3, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form, photos

CCSN West Charleston campus, Phase IV, Academic Building: Las Vegas, NV. 6375 W. Charleston Blvd. RAFI Architects, Inc. AIA Nevada Design Awards (1999) Entry No. 99NVB102, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form, photos, plans, drawings, slides Community College of Southern Nevada,

Dickensheets, Scott. “Drive by architecture: Two guys looking at some cool buildings.” Las Vegas Life 3, n.2 (Nov 1999): 58, 98. Includes photos. ASL File #: GEN 3

Hay, David. “The old college try.” Architecture Las Vegas 1, n.1 (Jan. 2001): 40-47. Includes photos. ASL File #: GEN 20

Patterson, Joan. “Expansion will make CCSN campus ‘full service'.” Southwest View 18 July 1998: 1AA, 4AA. ASL File #: RAFI 8

“Carpenter Sellers Architects: Educational.” Carpenter Sellers Architects . 2003. [Online]. Available: http://www.csaarchitects.com/2003/images/projects/Educational/ccsndental/ccsndental-1.html Accessed March 19, 2006. ASL File #: LVA(F) CSA 42

AIA Nevada Design Awards (2001) Entry No. B01075, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form/board, plans, model & building photo, elevations, cd

AIA Nevada Design Awards (2000) Entry No. BN00111, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form/board, photos, plans, model photo

AIA Nevada Design Awards (1999) Entry No. 99NVB136, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form, photos, plans, drawings, slides

AIA Nevada Design Awards (1998) Entry No. 98NVU219, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form, renderings

Firm Named as Design Build Contractor.” Southwest Contractor , September 2003, 8. ASL File #: GC(F) C&S 10

Illia, Tony. “Red-Hot Housing Market could Reach Record Sale Figure.” Las Vegas Business Press , July 26, 2004, 10. ASL File #: LVA(F) HFT 14

CCSN Building ‘C': Las Vegas, NV West Charleston Campus 6375 W. Charleston Blvd. Domingo Cambeiro Architects (Interior Designer) “Domingo Cambeiro Architects – Las Vegas” Domingo Cambeiro Architects . 2005. [Online]. http://www.dccarchitects.com/interior.htm Accessed June 16, 2005. ASL File #: LVA(F) DCC 56

Health Science Plaza : Las Vegas , NV West Charleston Campus JMA Architecture Studios Smith, Scott. “ Martin-Harris Building CCSN Showpiece.” Construction Connection , June 2004, 7.

Life Transitions Center: Las Vegas, NV.Community College of Southern Nevada – West Charleston Campus. Lucchesi & Galati Architects in conjunction with Clark & Sullivan (Design-Build General Contractors) “Firm Named as Design Build Contractor.” Southwest Contractor , September 2003, 8. ASL File #: GC(F) C&S 8

The Loux Center: Las Vegas, NV Community College of Southern Nevada West Charleston Campus 6375 W. Charleston Blvd. Swisher & Hall AIA, Limited “Higher Education: The Loux Center.” Swisher & Hall AIA, Limited . 2005. [Online]. Available: http://www.swisherhall.com/flash/index.html Accessed June 20, 2005. ASL File #: LVA(F) SH 46

Information and image(s) also available on ASL's self guided architectural driving tours:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/west04.html#004

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