Arts District
Beginning in 2002, this monthly celebration of local artists helped energize what became the Arts District.
What is First Friday?
This project is creating a new hub tied to outdoor recreation in one of Southern Nevada's oldest cities.
What is the Boulder City Adventure Center?
Located high on a wall, these windows bring daylight into a space while maintaining privacy or freeing up wall space below.
What are clerestory windows?
At 1,149 feet, this Las Vegas hotel is the tallest freestanding observation tower in the nation
The Stratosphere
In 1990, the firm took this name after Craig Galati became a shareholder.
What is Lucchesi Galati Architects?
The “b” in the name 18b refers to this original feature of the Arts District.
What are the original 18 blocks?
This LGA project used rammed earth, straw bale construction, cool towers and constructed wetlands on its way to achieving LEED Platinum.
What is the Desert Living Center at Springs Preserve?
Architect for: ‘We are not promising that dimension is correct. Somebody needs to go measure it.
What is VIF / Verify in Field?
This national conservation area has a 13 mile scenic drive.
Red Rock Canyon
This 1998 master planning commission helped put LGA on the path toward becoming Las Vegas’ first “green” firm and changed its design and marketing processes.
What is the Las Vegas Springs Preserve?
Beer lovers may know this popular portion of the Arts District by this two-word name.
What is Brewery Row?
Fossils embedded in concrete and an ichthyosaurus skeleton tile mosaic are part of this LGA community project.
What is Garside Pool?
This horizontal architectural element projects from a wall and often creates the underside of a roof or overhang.
What is a soffit?
This pizza joint located on Fremont showcases memorabilia from a famous stunt performer.
Evel Pie
In 1996, LGA designed its own office for the first time and introduced this collaborative gathering space that became central to firm culture.
What is the Town Square?
This brick industrial building covered with Murals on Charleston has long been considered a birthplace of the Las Vegas Arts District.
What is the Arts Factory?
A bench made from a 3,000-year-old bristlecone pine tree ring can be found inside this LGA-designed project.
What is the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway?
Often represented by a simple sketch or diagram, this French-derived term describes the central decision or organizing idea behind a design.
What is a parti?
Historic trade route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles that help put Las Vegas on the map.
Old Spanish Trail
In 2020, while adapting to the pandemic, LGA created these two internal initiatives that are still part of its culture.
What are the LGA Wiki and the Fireside Chat Series?
Long before Brewery Row, this nickname described the stretch of Main Street known for vintage furniture, collectibles, and retro treasures.
What is Antique Alley?
This 2013 Downtown Las Vegas wellness center had Zappos as its first member-based client.
What is Turntable Health?
Architects use this term for an organizing line or reference plane from which other elements are located.
What is a datum?
This 1855 site marks the first permanent nonnative settlement in the Las Vegas Valley.
What is the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort?
Before LGA Architecture, before LGA, and before Lucchesi Galati Architects, the firm operated under one of these two earlier names.
What are Architectural Resources or Lucchesi & Associates?