Las Vegas, the city of sins, is known for its nightlife set within attractive and impressive architectural structures. The city is home to poppy architecture that not only attracts nightlife in various forms of entertainment with impressive design and fine art but also inspires architects. Las Vegas was incorporated in 1911 and over the years it became an architectural playground for postmodern designs. Architects Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour, and Robert Venturi also wrote a book ‘Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form’.
Today, the city compromises of structures like the iconic Fountains of Bellagio, The Eiffel Tower Replica, The Nevada Supreme Court, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, and many more structures that have and continue to shape Las Vegas. Here are some tallest buildings in Las Vegas :

1. The Drew Las Vegas | Tallest Buildings in Las Vegas

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The construction of the project was started in 2007, being announced in May 2005 as Fontainebleau Las Vegas. With the basic function of a hotel/ Casino, the project was designed out by Carlos Zapata Studio with Bergman Walls Associates. The official name gets entitled, “The Drew Las Vegas”. the height of the building ranges to about 224M with 63 floors having occupancy of 3,780 hotel rooms.

2. Resort World Las Vegas | Las Vegas Buildings

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Being registered as a traded corporation the resort was developed by Genting Berhad. The resort Las Vegas has its affiliations in America, Malaysia, Singapore, etc, ranging out to a destination of combining traditional and modern architecture. The seamless blending of the modern techniques along with the traditions is what marks it’s the distinct appearance in the resort world. Ranging out from the internal palette to the outdoor ones, each space tends to stand out in its way, being as inviting and quite distinctive as possible.

3. The Palazzo

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Located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, The Palazzo is a luxury hotel and casino resort. The land comprising of the Venetian Resort and Casino and the Sands Convention Center all together holds by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.

From offering the largest accommodation of about 720sq.ft. Per the guest room, the Palazzo marks various positions with its architectural instincts.

4. The Encore

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Counted as among the top luxury resorts, casinos, and hotels, the place is in itself a complex that is being designed out uniquely with the bits of luxury retail collections.

Encore has gained to its name the AAA Five Diamond awards every single year since it has opened. with having about a total 4,750 rooms, the Encore is on the 7th position among the world’s largest hotels list.

5. The Trump International Hotel | Tallest Buildings in Las Vegas

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The 64-story luxury hotel, The Trump, is located on the Fashion Show Drive near Las Vegas Boulevard named after the current president of United States, Donald Trump.

Its distinct architectural style features both the ideas of non-residential hotel condominiums and residential condominiums. it has in its name the title of being the tallest residential building at 622feet.

6. The Aria Resort and Casino

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The part of the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, The Aria is a luxury resort and casino, consisting of the high-rise towers made out of steel adjoined to the curved glasses. With its unique style of architecture, the Aria offers a notable aspect of incorporation of modern tactics and technologies in the interior and the exteriors of the building. The Aria has LEED gold certificate to its account and its the largest hotel to have earned the same.

7. The Vdara | Las Vegas Buildings

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The condo-hotel and spa, Vdara is located within the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip. existing as a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Infinity World Development, The Vadara opened in 2009.

It offers about 1,495 suites in a tower 57-story high, at about 176m. For its style and the forms of spaces it offers, Vdara gets to its name its first AAA Four Diamond Award in 2011.

8. The Waldorf Astoria

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The Waldorf Astoria is a luxury hotel and condominium building located in the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. with its decorations ranging out in the Eastern styles, Waldorf offers about 392 rooms and suites.it has gained in its favor, the AAA Five Diamond Award and three Forbes Five Star Awards. The prime designers of the projects are Kohn Pedersen Fox architects. It received its LEED LEED Gold certification on November 20, 2009.

9. Palm Place

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Located in the Paradise, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip, Palm Place is a 47-story tall condo-hotel. The tower includes about the range of 599 condo-hotel units, being the part of an expansion of Palms Resort. The prime designers of the projects are the Los Angeles-based Jerde Partnership.

10. The Martin | Tallest Buildings in Las Vegas

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Located at 4471 Dean Martin Drive in Paradise, Nevada, The Martin is a luxury high-rise condominium tower part of the Panorama Towers complex.

The building is about 500 feet (150 m) tall and has 45 floors and 372 total units. The complex consists of the towers being sub-divided based on the sizes. Like as, the second tower consists of about 250 as compared to about 350 for the other two towers.

11. Bellagio Resort | Tallest Buildings in Las Vegas

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Located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, Bellagio is a resort, luxury hotel, and casino. Owned by The Blackstone Group and operated by MGM Resorts International, the project was built on the site of the demolished Dunes hotel and casino.

Being framed out for its elegance the idea was inspired by the Lake Como town of Bellagio in Italy. The notable feature of the project is its 8-acre (3.2 ha) lake between the building housing the Fountains of Bellagio.

12. The Sky Las Vegas

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The project, situated on a 3-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada, is a 45-story luxury high-rise condominium tower consisting of about 409 units. Initially, a two-story project was being planned on the site in the year 2001. later on, the plan for the Sky was announced in 2004 and completion occurs in 2007.

13. Delano | Las Vegas Buildings

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Owned and operated by MGM Resorts International, the Delano is a 43-story 1,118 room luxury suite hotel. for rebranding the hotel as the Delano Las Vegas, the MGM Resorts International announced a partnership with Morgans Hotel Group in 2012. the project is located within the Mandalay Bay complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

14. Mandalay Bay

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Located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, Mandalay Bay is a 43-story luxury resort and casino. the project is operated by MGM Resorts International. it offers around 3,209 hotel rooms with its luxurious amenities and distinctive architectural bounds. It is owned by MGM Growth Properties and The Blackstone Group.

15. Palms Casino Resort | Tallest Buildings in Las Vegas

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Located near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, Palms Casino Resort is a hotel and casino. It comprises of 703 rooms and suites with a 94,840 sq ft (8,811 m2) casino. The Fantasy Tower also holds the Sky Villas and Fantasy Suites, which are some of the most expensive hotel suites in the world. Billed at US$40,000 per night, the two-story Sky Villa on the top floor, is listed at number 5 on the World’s 15 Most Expensive Hotel Suites.

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