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JW Zunino Landscape Architecture Records (MS-00891)

Abstract

The JW Zunino Landscape Architectural Records contain landscape and architectural drawings depicting work performed in Las Vegas, Nevada between 1986 to 2003. Casino work includes The Mirage Resort Hotel and Casino, the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino, Tropicana Hotel and Casino, Suncoast Hotel and Casino, Caesars Palace, and Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. The records also include work performed for parks, residential properties, public and civil buildings, and commercial facilities.

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Date

1986 to 2003

Extent

10.87 Cubic Feet (39 rolls)
12.42 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The JW Zunino Landscape Architectural Records contain landscape and architectural drawings depicting work performed in Las Vegas, Nevada between 1986 to 2003. Casino work includes The Mirage Resort Hotel and Casino, the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino, Tropicana Hotel and Casino, Suncoast Hotel and Casino, Caesars Palace, and Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. The type of casino work performed include creating master plans for gardens and walkways, as well as developing planting, irrigation, and landscape lighting plans. The records also include work performed for parks, residential properties, public and civil buildings, and commercial facilities.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Material is arranged alphabetically by project name.

Biographical / Historical Note

JW Zunino Landscape Architecture (JWZ) was founded in 1989 by Jack Zunino, who opened the firm in Las Vegas, Nevada after moving from Salt Lake City, Utah. Jack Zunino is currently the only Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architecture practicing in Nevada. As the first architectural landscape firm in Nevada to be a member of the United States Green Building Council, JWZ has experience in over three thousand projects throughout the Southwest United States, as well as international locations such as Aruba and South Korea. In completing more than $300 million in park projects, as well as a number of public, commercial, and resort casino properties, JWZ’s design team have accumulated more than sixty years of combined design experience in sustainability and environmental connectivity.

Source:

JW Zunino Landscape Architecture. “JWZ Facts.” JW Zunino Landscape Architecture. Accessed July 19, 2018. http://jwzunino.com/vision-profile/.

Shaw, Molly. “JW Zunino Landscape Architecture.” US Builders Review. November 21, 2016. Accessed July 19, 2018. https://www.usbuildersreview.com/case-studies/jw-zunino-landscape-architecture/.

Preferred Citation

JW Zunino Landscape Architecture Records, 1986-2003. MS-00891. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2018 by Jack Zunino; accession number 2018-038.

Processing Note

In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang rehoused and arranged the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Records

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00891

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