Bergman Walls & Associates Ltd. Architects specializes in resorts, casinos, condo-hotels, retail, dining and entertainment venues and was founded by Chairman Joel Bergman and President/COO Scott Walls. Bergman and Walls have experience working with Steve Wynn on projects such as the Mirage “mega-resort” concept, three Golden Nuggets and Treasure Island as in-house architects.
With these accomplishments as background, they formed BWA in January 1994. The BWA team now includes partners Joe Rothman, George Bergman, Leonard Bergman, Robert Fredrickson, Rene Rolin and Darrell Wood, who make up a union of experienced, energetic and diverse professionals. The team’s invaluable and visionary experience influences BWA’s approach to design for projects of all sizes and types. The firm has built projects in Europe, Australia, Africa, South America, Asia and the United States.
The company’s headquarters are located in Las Vegas and are comprised of a staff of 112 design professionals. Recently, BWA opened a Los Angeles office, which currently has a staff of five. Services provided include architecture, interiors, theming, conceptual design, three-dimensional visualization, schematic design, design development, construction documents and construction administration. All work is completed in-house, allowing the partner-in-charge to commit personal attention to all phases of the project, from conception through construction to occupancy.
Many of BWA’s projects are icons that define their genre. These include the Mirage, Paris Casino Resort, Caesars Palace (Augustus and Palace Towers), Trump International Hotel & Tower, the Signature at MGM Grand, and L’Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Current projects include the Las Vegas Fontainebleau Casino Resort, Caesars Place Octavius Tower and Convention Center, the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sugarcane Bay Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and several master plan design analyses. Expansion and renovation projects include the Golden Nugget Las Vegas, Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, and the Tower expansion for L’Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino.
BWA’s dining and entertainment venues include LAX Nightclub, PURE Nightclub and Pussycat Dolls Lounge, Payard Patisserie & Bistro, restaurants Guy Savoy and Rao’s, Casa Fuente, Lucky Strike, Dick’s Last Resort, Trader Vic’s, the Capital Grille Las Vegas and Scottsdale, Café Ba-Ba Reeba, and Becker’s Steakhouse.
The firm is proud to have several Native American clients, including Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and Little Six Casino for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Casino Snoqualmie for the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, Salishan-Mohegan Casino for the Mohegan and Cowlitz Indian Tribes, Barona Valley Ranch Resort Casino for the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and conceptual and master planning designs for various California tribes and elsewhere.
International projects are located in Thessaloniki, Greece, Melbourne, Australia, and Ghana, West Africa. BWA currently has studies on its boards for Tokyo, Bucharest, Romania, and Lima, Peru.
Based upon the firm’s successful past experience, the team at BWA believes its approach will continue to produce projects that are economically viable, operationally efficient and visually exciting. At Bergman Walls & Associates, the goal is simple: That its projects be remembered for their distinctive architecture, and ultimately for their financial success.
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