Modern Architecture in Las Vegas, a photo from ネバダ, West

Photographer's Note

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Modern Architecture in Las Vegas

Architecture in Las Vegas is a remarkable mixture of excellent designed buildings, unscrupulous copies of world famous landmarks and buildings in unrestrained neo styles.
Today three in my opinion excellent designed sky-scraping hotel combinations.

◙ The main picture shows the Elara (formally Planet Hollywood Towers), a Hilton Grand Vacations Hotel and timeshare building of 52-story. The $660 million project opened in December 2009 and was designed by Architect Gerald B. Koi of Morris Architects. In 2017, Huitt-Zollars announces that Morris Architects will be changing its name to Huitt-Zollars.

◙ The first workshop shows the buildings of the Aria Resort and Casino. Aria consists of two curved glass and steel high rise towers adjoined at the centre. It opened on December 16, 2009 as a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Infinity World Development. At 370,000 m2 and 180 m. in height, it is the largest and tallest structure at City Centre.
The architectural design of Aria was conducted by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. C駸ar Pelli, founder of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, is an Argentine American architect who has designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Some of his most notable contributions include the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Centre in New York City.

◙ The second workshop shows Vdara Hotel & Spa is a 150,000 m2 condo-hotel and spa located within the City Centre complex across from Aria Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Vdara opened on December 1, 2009
Vdara's 57-story, 176 m tower houses 1,495 suites.
Vdara was designed by Rafael Vinoly of RV Architecture

■ Main picture: ◙ Elara
■ Workshop 1: ◙ Aria
■ Workshop 2: ◙ Vdara

Make: SONY-ILCE-6300
Software: PaintShop Pro 20,00
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
F-Stop: f/4.5
ISO Speed Ratings: 1600
Focal Length: 38 mm
Date Taken: 2017-08-12 19:42
Metering Mode: Pattern

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Lidka, ikeharel, Royaldevon, papagolf21, snunney, holmertz, jhm, PaulVDV, rychem, pierrefonds, cornejo, tyro, Cricri, macjake has marked this note useful

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Lidka (527) 2018-02-04 0:59

Dear Rob!
Amazing modern architecture.
Fantastic skyscraper.
Perfect composition, ideal geometry.
Hard cut.
Wonderful frame.
Sophisticated effect.
Well done!

ChrisJ (171888) 2018-02-04 1:17

Hi Rob

It was still Planet Hollywood when I was there in 2008. Good blue hour shot with excellent sharpness and as usual some very good complimentary workshops. Tfs!

pajaran (116011) 2018-02-04 1:41

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, lepo pokazana arhitektura, dobar kontrast, lepe boje, lepo uhvacen trenutak. Lepe fasade i refleks, lepi detalji.
Dobar tekst o koriscenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.
Zelim vam lep dan za odmor, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good day.
A nice view and a moment, interesting and good text ...
Good work with nice photos in the workshop, beautifully demonstrated architecture, good contrast, nice colors, a nice caught moment. Nice facades and reflex, nice details.
Good text on the used technique and the elements of the image.
I wish you a nice day for rest, all the best.

Royaldevon (85932) 2018-02-04 2:03

Hello Rob,

Three excellent photographs, all from the blue hour and revealing excellent details as well as superb artistry.
I actually like the one of the Aria best but it is all a matter of taste for each has its own special qualities.

Have a lovely Sunday,
Bev :-)

papagolf21 (152607) 2018-02-04 2:15

Bonjour, cher ami Rob,
A travers vos composition, l'on s'aper輟it que l'architecture est un instrument de r駸istance � la banalisation du moderne !
J'aime beaucoup vos r饌lisations.
Amiti駸.
Philippe

snunney (130967) 2018-02-04 2:27

Hello Rob,
One cannot deny that this is one elegant building. You have captured well as the sun goes down. I like the overall atmosphere and the lights and colours. Plus the nicely rendered reflections.

holmertz (102800) 2018-02-04 4:10

Hello Rob,
These three pictures prove that Las Vegas is more than cheap copies of buildings in other parts of the world. Furthermore you took these photos at a time of the day when the light and the colours of the sky were the most favourable. The glass fa軋des create fantastic reflections, making all photos very attractive.
Kind regards,
Gert

jhm (211736) 2018-02-04 4:22

Dag Rob,

De twee bijgaande foto's tonen ons goed de verschillende kanten van de moderne architectuur.
Natuurlijk wanneer u als architect voor degelijke cli�nten kan werken, is uw broodje wel gebakken, als wanneer er voldoende centen op de tafel komen tenminste.
Heel mooi foto werk opnieuw. Bedankt.

Groeten uit een half bewolkt Vlaanderen , +5.0ｰC .
John.

PaulVDV (62978) 2018-02-04 5:29

Hallo Rob,
Drie prachtige foto's van moderne hoogbouw.
De heldere woestijnlucht bij avond (of eventueel 's ochtends vroeg) te samen met de verlichting en een aantal weerspiegelingen geeft fantastische resultaten.
De drie foto's zijn mooi maar mijn voorkeur gaat naar je eerste workshop (Aria).
Vele groeten, Paul

Silvio1953 (221751) 2018-02-04 5:32

Ciao Rob, fascinating nocturne shoot, great view of fantastic building, beautiful reflections, splendid light and wonderful colors very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

sacimar (38173) 2018-02-04 5:57

Hello Rob,

this is another great image in your series of Las Vegas, a good example of modern architecture, details are excellent, I also like very much the workshop 2, well done,

Best regards,

Sergio

Nicou (193806) 2018-02-04 7:22

Hello

mervielleuse iamge et compo quel 馘ifice et buildin quelle roem moderne archtiecturalement sueprbe et ces reflet en haut et en bas sur le vitage fantastique image et rendu sur les verres.
Bravo et amiti�
Nciou

Tue (92482) 2018-02-04 7:42

Hallo Rob,
Een mooie donkerblauwe glazen gevel. De rode punt op de hoek en de gouden spiegeling zijn twee mooi details die al dat blauw mooi doorbreken. Het was toch wel een heel mooie woestijnavond tijdens de invallende schermering.
Lars

rychem (72187) 2018-02-04 8:02

Three great photos of modern buildings, this is a modern and elegant architecture and your photos present all buildings very well
regards Ryszard

pierrefonds (114556) 2018-02-04 8:06

Hi Rob,

I like the reflections on the windows. The point of view is showing a double perspective of the architecture of the Hilton Grand Vacations. The light is bringing out the beauty of the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

tenretin (3275) 2018-02-04 9:14

Hello,
Ils ont du go皦 chez HILTON et vous un bon coup d'oeil pour avoir saisi le b穰iment avec brio.
Beau clich�.
Cordialement,
JP

cornejo (61504) 2018-02-04 11:10

Hello Rob, very good photograph of this beautiful and interesting building, very well captured in this interesting image, with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thank you for sharing this beautiful work.

Good night and happy beginning of the week.
Warm greetings from the south of Spain.
Angel.

carlo62 (81265) 2018-02-04 13:34

Ciao Rob
tre versioni molto belle, personalmente preferisco la vista frontale, mi da un senso di grandezza molto forte.
Ma � solo una mia impressione, in realt� le foto sono tutte belle.
Saluti
Carlo

tyro (30513) 2018-02-04 23:28

Hello Rob,

A fascinating note and three wonderful photographs of three quite distinctive and different tall modern buildings to illustrate it.

You have obviously taken some considerable time and thought and effort into taking and preparing these photographs as each one is taken in the most favourable light at the most favourable time of day. And each is well presented with wonderfully vibrant colours, perfect exposure and exquisite details and clarity.

Superb!

Kind Regards,

John.

abmdsudi (95869) 2018-02-05 2:25

Hi Rob
A nicely detailed capture of the rectangular block taken from good pov adorned by such rich colours, superb contrast and nice bit of mixed lighting.
Excellent capture.
Best regards

Cricri (176) 2018-02-05 7:30

Hi Rob
Excellent le POV, le top avec les reflets, les deux WS sont tr鑚 int駻essantes a voir aussi, bonne lumi鑽e et couleurs
Bonne journ馥
cricri

emka (158204) 2018-02-06 7:38

Hello Rob, I do not remember these hotels so they are probably new. It seems that now they build higher and higher. Impressive modern architecture. When I was in Las Vegas, it was like on the construction sites everywhere. So probably they were just building these hotels. Awesome views.

Kind regrads MAlgo

LuisGustavoLima (5184) 2018-02-07 12:57

Ol�, Rob!

Foto incr咩el, o enquadramento � perfeito e a nitidez � irretoc疱el. As luzes da foto est縊 com um aspecto e a parte vermelha do pr馘io tem um brilho bonito.
ﾓtima foto!

gervaso (28177) 2018-02-08 12:23

Hello, Rob!

Great view of this imposing building with modern architecture and beautiful reflections on its glass windows, everything captured with perfect light and sharpness! Wonderful composition! Well done!

macjake (98456) 2018-02-09 13:30

Hi Rob
the Aria and Vdara are two of my favourite buildings in Vegas, they're sleek, modern, attractive and tasteful. glad you added them in the WS's.

this one here is a little less popular, not one of the ones we usually see tourists photographing, so for that reason alone its great to see it on the main page. the red triangle is a fine addition for all that blue, and of course the blue hour light is the best! A simple compo, not one of your abstract versions. cheers
Craig