The Curse of Norman Foster's Harmon Hotel: Still Unopened Building May Now Face Demolition

In early-2009 when the whole business of architecture seemed to be coming undone under the weight of the financial crisis, with developments getting the axe across the board and layoffs and cutbacks seeming to happen every week, one project in particular suffered an above-average difficult moment: Norman Foster‘s Harmon Hotel. Planned as a portion of Las Vegas’ new money-gobbling CityCenter, builders discovered a mistake involving incorrectly installed rebar across 15 whole floors, which ultimately necessitated the already penny-pinched tower be cut from 49 stories down to 28.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in