Flower Peddler (now Amazing Clowns)
Architect(s): Carpenter Sellers Associates
Address: 3525 E. Flamingo Rd.
Year: 1993

Originally the owners of this flower shop wanted to express their theatrical and artistic sides through the architecture of their new building. The 5,000 square foot store features an L-shaped footprint to maximize the building's frontage and a series of flower-like pedestals support the sloping fascia used to reduce solar gain on the west façade. The idealized purple and teal stems flowers give what could have otherwise been another boring strip mall a sense of whimsy and fun. Colored blocks are intermingled with the standard colored CMU blocks on the remaining facades to provide visual accents.

As of 2006 this versatile little building had evolved into a childrens party house called the Amazing Clowns. The interior now has a small theater for magic shows and a party room for serving food and cotten candy. The original exterior colors and flower-like pedestals prove just as versatile to provide shade for the game and play areas for little party animals.

Resources available in the ASL:

Anderton, Francis. Las Vegas : A Guide to Recent Architecture . London : Ellipsis, 1997. Arch NA 735 L3 A52

“Carpenter Sellers Architects: Retail Center.” Carpenter Sellers Architects . 2003. [Online]. Available: http://www.csaarchitects.com/2003/images/projects/Retail/flowpedd/fp-1.html Accessed June 8, 2005. ASL File #: LVA(F) CSA 47

AIA Nevada Design Awards (1993) Nevada Citation Award. No supporting material available.

*This project won a 1993 AIA Nevada Citation Award in the Built category.

Information and image(s) also available on ASL's self guided architectural driving tours:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/eastlv07.html

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