Veer Towers showcase Nevada spirit
Nevada’s skyline or the skyline of Las Vegas at least, has more in common with the skylines of Dubai or Macau than the rest of the United States. The gleaming modern casinos and skyscrapers, the glittering lights of The Strip, the flashing neon signs of various hotel-casino resorts, these are the quintessential images of the city and they’re the perceptions that market the state throughout the US and indeed the world. The newly developed Veer Towers are no different, although their design certainly is.
The Veer Towers are unique because they have a design unlike any other building in the world, apart from the Leaning Tower of Pisa perhaps. The twin buildings each lean as much as five degrees from center in the opposite direction from one another, giving them an alarmingly advanced looked from street level.
The towers are located within the CityCenter development, a 67-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip, which is officially the largest privately funded construction project in American history. The development will feature seven buildings, all of which will be cutting-edge in their design and aesthetics, although the Veer Towers are certainly the most striking.
Developed by renowned architect Helmet Jahn, the unique design meant that two buildings of identical proportions had to be built due to height limitations of the buildings which curve dramatically away from one another. Each structure is an entirely residential one, with 37 floors housing 335 residential units, which range in size from 2,400 square foot penthouses to 526 square foot studio apartments.
MGM Resorts International is behind the development of CityCentre in collaboration, ironically, with Dubai World, the biggest realty developer in the touristy emirate in the Gulf. The idea for the Veer Towers, when initially presented to MGM, was accepted wholeheartedly, Francisco Gonzalez-Pulido told Nevada news media.
Gonzalez-Pulido was a partner architect to Jahn in the design of the buildings and was principally responsible for the creation of the towers’ airy public spaces and lobbies. He told Nevada news media that, although the fat cats at MGM liked the idea, the builder were less keen.
“I think it was the fear of never having done a building quite like this,” he said to Nevada news reports during a tour of the buildings, adding that the thirty foot overhand of the top floor compared to the bottom created a design challenge.
To accomplish the design, dozens of rounded steel and concrete support pillars hold the building together and have been integrated into the 670 residential units as a seamless design element so that their presense is not noticeable unless pointed out.
“You're not going to find a residential building like this anywhere else in the world,” Tony Dennis, the executive vice president of MGM’s CityCenter Residential Division told Nevada news media and indeed the initial reaction to the towers has been favorable with strong closing sales taking place. Around 250 units have already been sold, representing a value of over $200 million.
In addition to the spacious lobbies, each tower also has a vast pool area on the very top floor, with a spa and fitness centre included, as well as cabanas and an extensive entertainment patio.
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Veer Towers showcase Nevada spirit
The Veer Towers represent Nevada’s contribution to the world of modern design and architecture and a trend that has emerged out of places like Dubai to push the boundaries of construction.
Nevada’s skyline or the skyline of Las Vegas at least, has more in common with the skylines of Dubai or Macau than the rest of the United States. The gleaming modern casinos and skyscrapers, the glittering lights of The Strip, the flashing neon signs of various hotel-casino resorts, these are the quintessential images of the city and they’re the perceptions that market the state throughout the US and indeed the world. The newly developed Veer Towers are no different, although their design certainly is. Read more
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