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Whitney Library
Architect(s): Holmes Sabatini Associates Architects
(now Dekker Perich Holmes Sabatini)
Address: 5175 E. Tropicana Ave.
Year: 1994

This almost 27,000 square-foot library is one of the nicer neighborhood branches, which are much smaller than the "big three" completed by high profile architects. The building is segmented into different brightly colored pastel pieces: the yellow light shafts, the salmon adult reading portion, the lavender 200-seat performance hall, the teal signage and entrance canopy. The entrance and parking lot are located on the south side of the site and the building turns a blank wall to Tropicana Avenue. Drought-tolerant landscaping complements the desert hues of the building. This project won a 1995 AIA Nevada Design Award.

Whitney Library information.

Resources available in the ASL:
UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: document titled “Building Program for the East Las Vegas Library” from June 1, 1990. ASL File #: LVA(F) RAFI 1

Anderton, Francis. Las Vegas: A Guide to Recent Architecture . London: Ellipsis, 1997. Arch NA735 L3 A52

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

“The 1995 AIA Nevada Design and Honor Awards.” AIA Las Vegas Forum (Nov. 1995): 5. ASL File #: AWARD 8

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

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: Clark County Library District fact sheet about Whitney Library. ASL File #: LVA(F) HS 12

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: Project Team Members List. ASL File #: LVA(F) HS 23

AIA Nevada Design Awards (1995) Nevada Merit Award. UNLV Architecture Studies Library, Special Collections holds 10 Year of Excellance in Design Boards.

*This project won a 1995 AIA Nevada Merit Award in the Built category.

Photos taken May 2006

Information and image(s) also available on ASL's self guided architectural driving tours:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/eastlv07.html#005

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