Modern
Utility
A stunning home in the ridges reshApes
contemporAry VegAs desert Architecture.
by t.r. witcher PhotograPhy by bryan hainer
When orthopedic surgeon Tom Kim was contemplating the design
of his home in The Ridges, in the foothills west of Las Vegas, he
knew what he didn't want. "I did not want it to be a cookie-cutter
house," he says. "I wanted a lot of versatile rooms." Working with
strong, earthy materials like concrete, ash wood, and black steel and
a palette of black, gray, and blue, architect Eric Strain, a principal in
the frm assemblageStudio (assemblagestudio.com), designed a cool,
confdent essay in contemporary Vegas residential architecture.
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