MGM Resorts International’s CityCenter project on the Strip in Las Vegas has seen its share of controversy, cost overruns, delays and some doubts about its financing – though in the world’s epicentre of gaming the gods of gambling stakes eventually bestowed their benevolence on the owners.

With a raft of architects and interior designers that could make up a Who’s Who of international design luminaries, the CityCenters’ hotels, casinos, shopping and office components are a tribute to the vision of creating a city within a city. The end result is certainly impressive but one thing for sure about the mixed-use project is that it turns the traditional concept of hospitality design on its head.

To realise the project, MGM executives travelled the world to assemble their dream team of architects and designers. 


Gensler, the world’s largest architectural firm, was chosen to lead the design process, managing seven world-class architects, 45 interior designers and hundreds of consultants to take CityCenter.
Meanwhile, New York-based firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) was hired for the design of the 47-storey Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas.

KPF worked with interior design firm Tihany Design to deliver a sexy and fluid contemporary design that was a clear departure from anything that had previously been built in Las Vegas. Tihany Design acted as design consultant for Adamson Associates Architects.

“We wanted to create a site-specific Mandarin Oriental hotel. The perception of the brand is of a luxury Oriental operator,” says Adam D. Tihany, principle of Tihany Design.

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