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Downtown Summerlin

By combining the natural desert character with a

contemporary landscape language, the design for

Downtown Summerlin strives for innovation while

avoiding hopelessly mundane desert clichés. The

design draws upon the desert as a visual source for

form, materials, colors, and textures. By distilling

the surrounding Red Rock Canyon into its simplest

attributes—desert floor, canyon wall, and open sky—a

landscape framework was created for the project’s

horizontal, vertical, and overhead surfaces.

Downtown Summerlin succeeds by providing a

landscape that reflects its natural surroundings while

remaining autonomous from them.

ProjectDowntown SummerlinLocationSummerlin, NevadaClientThe Howard Hughes CorporationSWA ScopeUrban Design, Landscape Architecture, Fountain DesignSize109 acres / 441,107.35 m21,000,000 sq. ft. / 92,903 m2 Retail600,000 sq. ft. / 55,741.8 m2 OfficeArchitectAltoon and Partners, ELS Architects, GenslerAwardsLEED Gold (pending final accreditation)

Downtown Summerlin