If You Can . . .

[rrich]

If you can design a cubicle farm then surely you can design hotel rooms, NOT!

I don't know if you have seen any of the advertisements for "City Center" in Las Vegas. It was featured on "Build It Bigger" and Danny actually worked on the project for the show. (Science Chanel in the US.)

From the outside, the buildings are rather unique and certainly worth seeing. There is a building that looks like it is leaning but it is just caused by cantilevered floors. Everything is very interesting when viewed from the outside.

We just stayed at the "Aria" hotel for a few days. (Actually for three days we came out about $100 ahead in the gaming arena.) Each room appears to be a unit in a larger cubicle farm. Technology run amuck. The TV remote, through an interactive TV, is used to control the room environment. (Window coverings (sheer curtains and black out drapes), heat and air conditioning as well as the lighting in the room.) One of those classic conundrums when programmers have too much time and too little real work to do. With all the wonderful technology there were no soap dishes in the tub or shower, no towel bars in the bathroom and the shower floor was polished granite or marble. (As slippery as ice.)

The whole experience was OK, the architecture was spectacular on the outside but the interior design left much to be desired.

[Woodwould]

I don't know if you have seen any of the advertisements for "City Center" in Las Vegas. It was featured on "Build It Bigger" and Danny actually worked on the project for the show. (Science Chanel in the US.)

You do realise this is an Australian forum. Our local programming is marginally different to yours.

[Waldo]

Here it is Build It Bigger (Season 3): Building the Veer : Video : Science Channel

[Woodwould]

Thanks Waldo!

I love it! Architecture went through decades of blandness, but in recent years, there have been some stunning buildings appearing on the skylines of cities around the world.

[rrich]

You do realise this is an Australian forum. Our local programming is marginally different to yours.

It's just that some of you may come here to visit theme parks, Hollywood and TV studios. Many may would want to make the quick side trip to Las Vegas. I would hate for you to have the same poor experience that I had at the Aria.

Almost any other hotel on the Las Vegas Strip would be a better choice.

[Pat]