WESTAR Architects is a Las Vegas-based hospitality design firm that has grown to become one of the largest companies of its kind in the 12 years since its inception. Founders Paul Heretakis and Patrick Klenk have worked diligently to design and develop some of the most successful hospitality projects in the world. With offices in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Macau, WESTAR Architects is quickly becoming a truly global brand.
The Las Vegas office caters to the needs of clients in the world-class Nevada gaming industry, while the Philadelphia office focuses on East Coast and regional clients. The Phoenix branch develops casinos for Native American tribes, and WESTAR’s Macau affiliate is focused on the booming Chinese market. This expansion from Las Vegas outward has helped WESTAR Architects to become a diverse, award-winning company that is able to employ specialists in master planning, architecture, interior design, branding and restaurant development.
Heretakis alone has more than 15 years of experience working on hospitality projects nationwide. With his oversight, WESTAR Architects has completed more than 400 hospitality projects, included hundreds of bars and restaurants and more than 3,000 hotel rooms. As a graduate of New York’s Pratt Institute, Heretakis has both academic and real-world experience designing hospitality projects. He was named one of Global Gaming Business magazine’s 25 people to watch in 2009.
When working with clients, WESTAR Architects operates according to three principles: passion, creativity and service. Driven by passion, the architects at WESTAR apply their expertise to every space within a resort, including casino floors, rooms and suites, theaters and convention centers, retail areas, spas, bars, lounges, restaurants and nightclubs.
The firm’s use of a client-driven vision studio, innovation laboratory studio, operational branding and service studio, alternate revenue-generating studio and a restaurant development studio help to implement the creative vision that develops from a partnership between a client and a designer.
According to WESTAR Architects, the foundation of service is what truly drives success. The company believes that by providing consistently exceptional work, long-term relationships with clients and their properties are built and nurtured. WESTAR has worked with some of the biggest names in gaming, including the MGM Mirage Corporation, Las Vegas Sands, Harrah’s Entertainment, Trump Entertainment and Resorts International.
For WESTAR, the key to longevity and success is developing quality products and incorporating the client’s ideas and vision into the project. From the recent remodeling of the New York-New York Hotel and Casino to expansions in Asia, WESTAR Architects continues to display its creativity and show its dedication to developing some of the finest hospitality projects the world has ever seen.
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