UNLV Bookstore
Architect(s): Carpenter Sellers Architects
Year: 2001

The UNLV bookstore was remodeled and gained a 20,000 square-foot addition. A large plane protrudes from the bookstore and is supported by the wall enclosing the student union courtyard, creating a gateway to both the bookstore and the campus as a whole. The bookstore's sandstone veneer of the east façade, terra cotta-colored elements, and metal signage are similar to that of the Beam Music Center, helping to bridge the southern part of campus to the northern half. The courtyard between the bookstore and student union receives much more use thanks to the redirection of traffic brought upon by better site planning.
UNLV Facilities information

Resources available in the ASL:

“Carpenter Sellers Architects: Civic/Educational.” Carpenter Sellers Architects . 2003. [Online]. Available: http://www.csaarchitects.com/2003/images/projects/Educational/unlvbookstore/unlv-1.html Accessed June 8, 2005. ASL File #: LVA(F) CSA 44

“New and notable.” Architecture Las Vegas 1, n.1 (Jan. 2001): 18-19. ASL File #: GEN 20

“ University of Nevada , Las Vegas update.” Nevada Contractor 5, n.6 (Jun. 2000): 23, 27. ASL File #: GEN 13

UNLV Student Union Bookstore Remodel: Las Vegas, NV.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., 89154
James McDaniel, AIA
UNLV Special Collections holds: 5 drawings. December 1976 SPC(CN) 032

Information and image(s) also available on ASL's self guided architectural driving tours:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/unlv06.html#002

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