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CLARK COUNTY DETENTION CENTER LAS VEGAS, NEVADA		Photography: John Linden Photography CMACN 2005 Awards Edition, “CMU Profiles in Architecture”    Credits Back to Publications
Jury Comments: This urban detention center manages to establish a strong civic presence from an extremely difficult project type. The designer has skillfully assembled a complex series of discreet programmatic volumes, taughtly laced together with horizontal metal banding. The contrasting scales of concrete masonry and precast concrete provide further articulation through changes in scale and detail. while emulating the desert colors. This new urban detention center is located in downtown Las Vegas on the same exterior landscaped pedestrian corridor as the future Clark County Justice Center and United States Courthouse. The complex explores a careful composition of required building elements and produces a welcome addition to the civic and urban fabric of downtown Las Vegas. The design solution is a direct response to complex functional and urban design issues. The intent was to create a civic building that is not only an attractive and friendly addition to downtown Las Vegas, but also responds to the concerns of the client with regard to security, noise and accost. The result is a dynamic composition that meets its functional goals, while enhancing the urban character of this important civic center, breaking the stereotypical image of an urban jail. The building’s mass is broken up by changing materials colors and massing articulations. These reflect various program components, such as administration segregation modules, dormitory modules, and exercise yards. The building’s base is articulated to create a pedestrian friendly scale along the sidewalk, and the materials and colors used in the design are inspired by a desert palette.	EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT: HCA Architects 2121 E. Tropicana Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89119 Harry Campbell, AIA Principal DESIGN ARCHITECT: Cannon Design 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 175 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Mehrdad Yazdani Principal STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Martin & Peltyn, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTOR: AF Construction Company MASONRY CONTRACTOR: AF Construction Company BLOCK PRODUCERS: Superlite Block OWNER: Clark County, Nevada