Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center
Architect(s): RAFI
Address: 1771 Inner Circle Dr.
Year: 1994
The 40,000 square-foot Summerlin Library contains a 300-seat theater with full lighting and rigging capabilities to accommodate Broadway-style productions. The façade, with its beige tones and horizontal strata-like stripes, is supposed to reflect the geology and texture of the surrounding desert mountains. A large wall with cut outs for cars to pass through protrudes from the building to provide signage and to create a sense of arrival. The children's library features a series of aircraft and spacecraft models that were donated by the Howard Hughes Estate. This project won an AIA Nevada Design Award in 1994.

Summerlin Library Hours and location

Resources available in the ASL:
Kroloff, Reed. “The other Las Vegas.” Architecture 85, n.4 (Apr. 1996): 78-89. Includes photos. ASL File #: GEN 1

Martin, Tom. “Changing the face of Las Vegas: Local architects in spotlight for innovative work.” Las Vegas Review Journal 6 November 1994: 1L, 4L, 5L. Includes photos. ASL File #: AWARD 16

“Summerlin Library and Theater earns Fielden award.” Las Vegas Review Journal 14 May 1995: page unknown. ASL File #: LVA(F) RAFI 6

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: Team Members List. ASL File #: LVA(F) RAfI 14

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: Clark County Library District fact sheet about Summerlin Library. ASL File #: LVA(F) RAFI 9

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: 1 color slide of exterior of building. ASL File #: GEN 24d

*This project won a 1994 AIA Nevada Honorable Mention.

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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