Brad Friedmutter

Brad Friedmutter
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada
Occupation Architect

Brad Henry Friedmutter, A.I.A., is an award-winning[1] architect and founder of Friedmutter Group, a design, architecture, master planning and interior design firm. Friedmutter Group has designed dozens of integrated resorts including The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the fifth-most expensive building in the world. Friedmutter holds an Unrestricted Nevada Gaming License and is a registered architect in 43 states.[2] Friedmutter Group has offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, Newport Beach, California, and Macau, China.

Early life

Brad Friedmutter was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Flushing, Queens. His mother was a school teacher in the arts and later the Director of Cultural Arts for the Board of Education under Mayor Ed Koch. His father collected and restored early 1900s antiques.[3]

He received a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from Cooper Union in 1973.

Career

From 1978-1981 Friedmutter was a project manager for Conversano and Associates, a casino design firm. In 1981 he became Vice President of Design and Construction for Steve Wynn's Atlandia Design. In 1987 he took a similar position with Bally's Las Vegas, but in 1991, Bally's went bankrupt and he was laid off. In 1992 he founded Friedmutter Group.

From 2004-2010 Friedmutter Group was the executive architect and casino interiors for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas which was to be the most expensive building in the United States. The Cosmopolitan eventual budget of $3.9 billion placed it as the fifth most expensive building in the world by the time of its opening in 2010.

Friedmutter Group was the design architect, interior architecture and interior design including mass gaming casino, lobbies, low-rise entry facade and casino restaurants for Studio City Macau a $3.2 billion resort hotel and casino, notable for its collaboration with Brett Ratner, Martin Scorsese, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, James Packer, Mariah Carey in October 2015.

Friedmutter Group's other notable projects include the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas, the Bally's Casino Tunica in Tunica, Mississippi, the Red Rock in Las Vegas, the Horseshoe Casinos in Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

List of Projects

2016 Projects

2015 Projects

2014 Projects

2013 Projects

2012 Projects

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

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2003

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1999

1998

1997

1995

1994


MP – Friedmutter Group Master Planning
A – Friedmutter Group Executive Architect
D – Friedmutter Group – Design Architect
ID – Friedmutter Group – Interior Design

Awards

2015 Awards

2014 Awards

2013 Awards

2012 Awards

2011 Awards

2010 Awards

2009-2010 Awards

2009 Awards

2008 Awards

2007 Awards

2006 Awards

2005 Awards

2004 Awards

2003 Awards

Personal life

Brad married actress and model Kimberly Stevens on October 23, 2010.[4] Together they designed and reside in their Las Vegas estate Shangri-Las Vegas.

References

  1. ↑ Gros, Roger (2007). "A Gaming Guy: Brad Friedmutter receives the Sarno Award for Lifetime Achievement" (PDF). Casino Design: 40–41. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  2. ↑ "Brad Friedmutter Biography and Projects". The Sarno Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Design. UNLV Center for Gaming Research. 2011-12-21. Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  3. ↑ Prosser, Jennifer. "Profile of Brad Friedmutter" (PDF). Nevada Profiles: 10–11. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  4. ↑ Clarke, Norm (2010-10-31). "Vegas Hosts Star-Studded Halloween Weekend". Vegas Confidential. Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 2014-11-19.

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