ABSTRACT
PRIMARY USE: INTEGRATED RESORT: HOTEL, CASINO, CONVENTION CENTER, PERFORMING ARTS THEATER, ART/SCIENCE MUSEUM, RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, WATERFRONT PROMENADE, AND SKYPARK
START ON SITE: 2005 COMPLETION: 2010 PROJECT COST: $5.7 BILLION (INCLUDING LAND COST) OWNER/DEVELOPER: LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPORATION LEAD ARCHITECT: MOSHE SAFDIE ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: AEDAS
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: ARUP MEP ENGINEER: R.G. VANDERWEIL, LLP (DESIGN);
PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF (PRODUCTION) MAIN CONTRACTOR: (HOTEL, SKYPARK) SSANGYONG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (DESIGN): PETER WALKER & PARTNERS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (PRODUCTION): PERIDIAN ASIA PTE LTD LIGHTING CONSULTANTS: PROJECT LIGHTING DESIGN WATER FEATURES: HOWARD FIELDS & ASSOCIATES HOTEL/CONVENTION INTERIOR DESIGN: HIRSCH BEDNER ASSOCIATES CASINO INTERIOR DESIGN: ROCKWELL GROUP WITH
SAFDIE ARCHITECTS THEATER CONSULTANTS: FISHER DACHS ASSOCIATES GRAPHICS: PENTAGRAM
Located in Marina South, a peninsula of land reclaimed from the sea in the late 1970s across the bay from Singapore’s Central Business District, Marina Bay Sands is a 929,000-square-meter (10-million-square-foot), highdensity, mixed-use integrated resort complex that brings together a 2,560-room hotel, a 120,000-square-meter (1,292,000-square-foot) convention center, a shopping mall, an ArtScience museum, two Sands Theaters, numerous restaurants, and a casino. Conceived not just as a building project but as a city microcosm rooted in Singapore’s culture, climate, and contemporary life, the project anchors Singapore’s waterfront, creating a gateway to the city and providing a dynamic setting for vibrant public life.