Established in 1958 and based in Newport Beach, California, Lifescapes International, Inc. is a leading landscape architectural design firm. With more than 15 casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip alone, Lifescapes International is well known for creating successful, dynamic “destinations” throughout the United States and overseas. For more than three decades, the firm has been a significant design influence in gaming-related properties.
The firm recently completed the Las Vegas Strip’s newest casino resort addition with the opening of Wynn Resorts’ Encore Las Vegas. The Lifescapes International team also looks forward to the completion of the Fontainebleau Resort and Casino, located in Las Vegas and due to open the end of 2009, as well as their River City project in St. Louis, Missouri for Pinnacle Entertainment.
Lifescapes International’s senior leadership team consists of CEO/FASLA Don Brinkerhoff, President/CFO Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs, Executive Vice President Daniel Trust, Director of Field Services Roger Voettiner and Director of Design Andrew Kreft. They work in unison to create and manage the firm’s projects. A team of highly qualified landscape architects, project designers and a strong administrative staff ably assists them.
“We have been entrusted by our clientele to assist them in creating successful projects, and are fortunate to be able to continue creating domestic as well as international destination casinos, resorts, retail centers and mixed use projects,” explains CEO Don Brinkerhoff. “As a must-see city, Las Vegas is visited by millions of people annually, and many of our domestic and international clients have seen our Las Vegas work and have entrusted us to create projects in their communities-many of which are not casinos, but rather are places where garden settings of high quality make sense for their developments.”
In addition to working successfully on many national gaming developments, the firm has worked on a variety of Native American assignments. These include Agua Caliente Casino, Trump 29, Harrah’s Rincon Casino and Hotel, Barona Casino, Pala Casino and Resort and the Spa Casino and Resort.
“The entertainment and resort operators, including astute executives within the gaming industry, have realized for many years that stand-alone gaming activities are simply not enough to keep customers fully engaged on their properties,” Brinkerhoff-Jacobs says. “We are now working on nightclubs, European beach clubs, retail and restaurant environments so our gaming clients have other captivating activities for their customers to enjoy during their stay.”
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