Las Vegas Convention Center — KLAI JUBA WALD
A large-scale convention center precedent featuring an expressive undulating roof canopy and expansive transparent facade designed by Klai Juba Wald Architecture + Interiors.
- What we like about this project
- The roof wave mimics desert dunes while creating a dramatic structural portal over the main entrance.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- metal-panel
- asphalt
Visual identifiers
- undulating-roofline
- curtain-wall
- convention-center
- dusk-lighting
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- large-scale
- curvilinear
Visual tags
- civic
- transportation-hub
- large-scale
- curved-roof
- glazed-facade
- Geometry
- A sweeping, undulating roofline caps a continuous, multi-story glazed concourse facade with flanking horizontal wings.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated structural steel framing and long-span metal roof canopy.
- Structural guess
- Long-span steel trusses supporting a curved metal deck roof, braced by steel columns and concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Large convention center scale spanning hundreds of feet with multi-story height at the central entrance.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky with warm interior illumination glowing through the large glazed curtain wall and roof overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, luminous civic scale framed by the soft transition from dusk to night.
- Environmental context
- Expansive open asphalt apron and drop-off zone under a clear evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping roof canopy and expansive glass draw the eye toward the central entryway across a wide drop-off zone.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity interrupted by the dramatic rising curve of the central entry atrium.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic megastructure
- Program
- Convention center exhibition and concourse hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, metal-panel, asphalt
- Visual identifiers
- undulating-roofline, curtain-wall, convention-center, dusk-lighting
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, large-scale, curvilinear
- Visual tags
- civic, transportation-hub, large-scale, curved-roof, glazed-facade
- Geometry
- A sweeping, undulating roofline caps a continuous, multi-story glazed concourse facade with flanking horizontal wings.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated structural steel framing and long-span metal roof canopy.
- Structural guess
- Long-span steel trusses supporting a curved metal deck roof, braced by steel columns and concrete foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Large convention center scale spanning hundreds of feet with multi-story height at the central entrance.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky with warm interior illumination glowing through the large glazed curtain wall and roof overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, luminous civic scale framed by the soft transition from dusk to night.
- Environmental context
- Expansive open asphalt apron and drop-off zone under a clear evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping roof canopy and expansive glass draw the eye toward the central entryway across a wide drop-off zone.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity interrupted by the dramatic rising curve of the central entry atrium.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic megastructure
- Program
- Convention center exhibition and concourse hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture