Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc. exists to create beautiful places for a balanced world. Simple and eloquent, the statement embodies its passion for design and its impact on clients, communities and the world.
Founded in 1968, the full-service design firm provides architecture, interior design and planning services for a diverse mix of client and project types, with significant focus over the last 25 years on gaming and entertainment. More than 300 employees in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Biloxi, Denver, San Diego, Phoenix, Seoul and Beijing provide the resources necessary to explore new ways of solving clients’ problems with dynamic and innovative design solutions that add value and advance the art of entertainment design.
The firm’s world-class portfolio—covering the spectrum from small, delicate spaces to complex, expansive projects—includes casinos, hotels, theaters, convention centers, restaurants, retail venues, master plans and support facilities for gaming and resort destinations throughout the U.S. and around the world.
As leaders in contemporary Native American design, Cuningham Group understands the importance of culturally relevant design and the central issues involved in the development of tribal casino resort projects. Native authorship, culturally specific references and tribal community involvement in design help fulfill tribal self-determination and sovereignty goals by allowing tribes to control and shape the future of their communities from a truly native perspective.
Cuningham Group helps clients determine an appropriate design expression that achieves these goals while balancing cultural, social and economic priorities.
Cuningham Group also is on the cutting edge of imaging “casinos of the future.” Shifting demographics and the younger generation’s desire for experiences that are personal, mobile and social are the challenge—and ultimately, the opportunity—facing the future of games and the facilities that house them.
Backed by a client-centered, collaborative approach called “Every Building Tells a Story,” Cuningham Group challenges clients to embrace brick-and-mortar changes that support the evolving nature of gaming and its customer base while setting new standards for the future of entertainment.
Recent projects include the LEED Gold, 19-story hotel for Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee; the newly opened Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel in North Carolina; the renovation and expansion at Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan; and the new Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, Iowa, opening in mid-2016.
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