The design seeks to establish a distinctive sense of place that balances grandeur, whimsey and modernity. Classical and modern references are deconstructed, reinterpreted, and combined to a create a nuanced aesthetic vocabulary evocative of old Vegas glamour. Inspired by the client’s collection of Hudson River School style paintings, and the decorative frames that surrounded them, a conceptual language of framing architecture and the life within emerged. The program is dissected into a series of carefully framed vignettes that celebrate and bring focus to the activities that occur within them.
