Inside an Ultra-Modern, Brutalist Las Vegas Home

Just outside the city center of Las Vegas, in the affluent, master-planned suburb of Summerlin, you’ll find a contemporary residence that forgoes the typically glitzy OTT aesthetic of the Strip in favor of a crisp linearity and industrial finishes.

A narrow passage with a vertical garden leads to the home’s double-height entrance hall. *Joe Fletcher*

The perforated mesh screens provide a sense of both privacy and openness.

Designed by Faulkner Architects, the house’s block-like forms and concrete construction take their design cues from the Brutalist aesthetic. Making sure that the residence could withstand the area’s extreme weather variations was a priority: Winters bring strong winds and cold, dry days, while summers are intensely hot with monsoon rainstorms that add humidity. To this end, the architects worked to emphasize durability and protection from the sun and wind.

Weather permitting, disappearing walls of glass turn the living room into a sumptuous covered porch. *Joe Fletcher*

A narrow opening serves as the entry point, leading into a passage that’s open to the sky and lined with a wall of native plantings. Interior spaces courtesy of Concept Lighting Lab are warmer than the exterior might suggest. The large, open kitchen is done up with pale wood cabinetry and sports an extra-long white marble island with seating for six or more, and in the adjoining living room, a bulbous fireplace and wood-clad ceiling bring in organic forms and materials, while a disappearing wall of glass opens the room completely to the desert landscape. Bedrooms are found upstairs, with windows covered in perforated steel panels that both provide privacy and filter harsh sunlight.

A massive pool between towering raw concrete walls is the watery centerpiece of the desert home. *Joe Fletcher*

The centerpiece of the estate is the dramatic, elevated pool from which you can see the Las Vegas Strip to the east and Red Rock Canyon to the west. A spacious patio offers plenty of room for alfresco dining and lounging around a built-in fire pit—there are other fire-warmed areas tucked away within concrete nooks— and, on the south side of the home, perforated steel mesh wraps around a terrace that cantilevers over the garage and driveway below.

Most of the bedrooms are found upstairs. *Joe Fletcher*

Summerlin, about 10 miles west of the Strip, has become a hotbed for design-forward abodes. Back in 2016, the illusionist David Copperfield shelled out $17.5 million for a 31,000-square-foot showpiece—at that point the most expensive residence ever sold in Las Vegas—and earlier this year, at the ultra-exclusive Summit Club, a 5,000-square-foot penthouse with a jetted lap pool on the terrace hit the market for $25 million.