The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Campus, Las Vegas
Posted
12/7/2011
As Nevada's only Jewish educational center, offering classes
from 18 months through 12th grade, the educational campus has
thrived, growing from 145 students in 2006 to an enrollment of 500
students thanks to a 146,000-square-foot addition designed by DLR
Group.
Founded with the support of Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson,
the building reflects the heritage of the students attending the
campus. Students and visitors enter The Adelson middle and upper
schools through a grand, glass dome finished in a two-coat 70
percent Kynar PVDF in Bone White from Linetec. The coating protects
the dome from the arid Nevada heat while creating an aesthetically
pleasing entrance space. "This free-standing, circular glass
rotunda measures 30 feet in diameter by 32 feet in height with a
free spanning multi-sloping glass dome structure on top," explains
Ryan Navis, project manager at Super Sky Products Enterprises
LLC.
The students' heritage continues to be represented throughout
the campus in features such as the floor, which includes the school
logo inlaid with granite, marble and lapis lazuli. To build the
school's walls, 160 tons of Jerusalem stone was imported from
Israel.
Continuing to honor the students' heritage, the campus also
provides a Beit Midrash. Originally intended for the purpose of
studying the Torah, today the Beit Midrash provides a study space
for students of multifaith backgrounds. Illuminating the learning
space, the building is crowned with a 15-foot-wide by 10-foot-tall
skylight shaped as a Star of David that shines with natural
light.
Husker Glass Inc. installed the Beit Midrash's skylight, which
Linetec finished the aluminum framing in the same durable 70
percent PVDF coating as the rotunda's skylight. For both skylights,
Viracon Inc. fabricated the insulated, low-E laminated glass units
with white silkscreen, maximizing thermal performance under the
desert sun.
The $65 million project and its two, signature skylights were
completed in 2009, following two years of construction.
Rotunda dome contractor: Crisci Builders, Las
Vegas
Star of David contractor: Husker Glass Inc., Omaha,
Neb.
Architect: DLR Group, Las Vegas
Glazing system manufacturer and installer: Super Sky
Products Enterprises LLC,
Mequon, Wis., www.supersky.com
Glass fabricator: Viracon Inc., Owatonna, Minn., www.viracon.com
Finisher: Linetec, Wausau, Wis., www.linetec.com