Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
The next generation
Five men make their mark on the city
Five local architects and architectural designers are changing the landscape of our valley by creating bold, contemporary designs that will possibly outlive them.
They’re not just edgy; they create geometric poetry. Interestingly, four of the five grew up in the Las Vegas Valley and have chosen to stay in their hometown to help the city create a look all of its own.
CJ HOOGLAND
CJ Hoogland, president of Hoogland Architecture Ltd. AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, was born and raised in Las Vegas and has seen the area evolve from an “anything goes” mentality to the opposite extreme, where homeowners associations spell out the minutia of our every choice from paint color to plant height.
The majority of his work is custom newbuild residential, he says, and the baby boomers, “whose kids have moved out of the house and now their priorities have changed.
The local architect is inspired by minimalism, he says. “Since our lives are so saturated with appointments, electronic gadgetry and media, for a lot of people, the absence of those things that are vying for our attention is alluring. Minimalist architecture is the antithesis of that daily busy life. Going home to a space that is quiet is attractive to a lot of people.”
The 40-something lives in The Arbors in Summerlin.
JOSH MOSER
Josh Moser is close to obtaining his architect license and works for studio g ARCHITECTURE. He knew early on he wanted to build things, “as soon as I discovered Legos,” the 33-yearold said.
He designed the 2016 New American Home in MacDonald Highlands while working for Element Design-Build last year, and has since moved to studio g ARCHITECTURE. The home was showcased during the International Builder Show held in Las Vegas this winter.
Moser, who is also a Las Vegas native, is equal parts a fan of “the midcentury modern, contemporary style that we do here, and I’m also very fond of historical architecture across the board,” he said.
He lives in a single-family home in Henderson.
TYLER JONES
Tyler Jones, co-founder and owner of Blue Heron Design Build, is responsible for the company’s creative design development, forward planning and operations. Although he studied at the University of Colorado, he is not an architect, but his modern homes are