During the past 40 years, the Native American-owned firm of Thalden Boyd Emery Architects has become one the best-known casino-hotel architects in America—especially among gaming tribes, having worked with more than 58 tribes and 24 First Nations, building more than 125 casino projects and more than 400 hotels.
Some of TBEA’s past clients have included Harrah’s, Hilton, Holiday Inns Worldwide, Hyatt, Marriott, Radisson, Donald Trump and Delaware North Companies, Inc.
Hotel & Motel Management magazine ranks TBEA a “Top Design” firm in the hospitality industry in the United States. It is a company with extensive experience designing destination resorts, gaming floors, atriums, hotel rooms, entertainment venues, convention space, multi-use space, retail, restaurants and parking garages for tribes in the United States and Canada.
The company, with its highly experienced staff of 40 professionals, consolidates offices in Las Vegas, St. Louis, Tulsa and Phoenix, combining the Native American background and design expertise of Chief Boyd, AIA, the creative hotel and casino design expertise of Barry Thalden, AIA, and the design and production talents of Rich Emery, AIA and Brett Ewing.
Since 1971, Thalden and Boyd have been architects for resorts, hotels and casinos, and for Native American tribes. In 1982, Emery joined them and rose to lead design and production. As a team, they are passionate about design.
TBEA’s approach of creating “ordinary to extraordinary” is based on developing unique and exciting visions and bringing them to life. Building on Thalden’s personal experience, designing theme parks, the firm became known for theme design. TBEA took the leading edge of the wave of mega-resorts in Las Vegas, designing technical theming drawings for resorts like the Venetian Casino, Hotel & Resort. The firm has built a reputation for delivering projects on time and on budget.
TBEA provides full architectural services, including master planning, engineering and interior design. The firm’s mission is to help improve the lives of Native Americans through economic redevelopment.
Thalden Boyd Emery Architects is an active associate member of the American Gaming Association and the American Institute of Architects, and an associate member of the National Indian Gaming Association.
To learn more, visit www.thaldenboydemery.com or contact Linda J. Roe, VP of business development at 702-384-4884.
