Overview
- Renderings show a mosaic facade of locally sourced stone with tones drawn from the Red Rock Mountains and a broad shaded entry canopy.
- Interiors organize around a canyon-like grand stair rising to calm second-floor galleries shaped by Paul R. Williams’s influence.
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is the architect of record supporting delivery of Kéré Architecture’s design.
- The project has an estimated $200 million budget including endowment, with major gifts linked to the late Elaine Wynn, and the campaign reported past the halfway mark.
- An interim 15,000-square-foot gallery and media lab near the site opens in 2026, with groundbreaking planned for 2027.