Brad Henry Friedmutter, A.I.A. is an architect and founder of Friedmutter Group, a

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

, master planning and

interior design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordina ...

firm. Friedmutter Group has designed dozens of integrated resorts including

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (commonly referred to simply as The Cosmopolitan or The Cosmo) is a resort casino and hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The resort opened on December 15, 2010, and is located just south of the Bella ...

, the fifth-most expensive building in the world. Friedmutter is a registered architect in 43 states. Friedmutter Group has offices in

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, and

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Early life

Brad Friedmutter was born in

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and raised in

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. His mother was a school teacher in the arts and later the Director of Cultural Arts for the

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under Mayor

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. His father collected and restored early 1900s antiques. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from

Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in ...

in 1973.

Career

From 1978-1981 Friedmutter was a project manager for Conversano and Associates, a

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design firm. In 1981 he became Vice President of Design and Construction for

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's Atlandia Design. In 1987 he took a similar position with

Bally's Las Vegas Horseshoe Las Vegas (formerly MGM Grand Hotel and Casino and Bally's Las Vegas) is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment (2020), Caesars Entertainment. It originally opened ...

, but in 1991, Bally's went bankrupt and he was laid off. In 1992 he founded Friedmutter Group. From 2004-2010 Friedmutter Group was the executive architect and casino interiors for

which was to be the most expensive building in the United States. The Cosmopolitan eventual budget of $3.9 billion placed it as the fifth most expensive building in the world by the time of its opening in 2010. Friedmutter Group was the design architect, interior architecture and interior design including mass gaming casino, lobbies, low-rise entry facade and casino restaurants for Studio City Macau a $3.2 billion resort hotel and casino, notable for its collaboration with

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, Leonardo DiCaprio,

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in October 2015. Friedmutter Group's other notable projects include the

Green Valley Ranch Green Valley Ranch is a hotel and casino located within the eponymous community in Henderson, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Station Casinos, and includes a casino. The resort was initially proposed by American Nevada Corporation, which rec ...

in Las Vegas, the

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, the Red Rock in Las Vegas, the Horseshoe Casinos in

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and

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, and the Trump Plaza in

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List of Projects

2020 Projects

Sahara Las Vegas Sahara Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by the Meruelo Group. The hotel has 1,616 rooms, and the casino contains . The Sahara anchors the northern end of the Las Vegas ...

, Las Vegas, NV Poker Room (D, ID)

2019 Projects

Palms Casino Resort Palms Casino Resort is a hotel and casino located near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned and operated by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. It includes 703 rooms and a casino. It was originally owned by th ...

, Las Vegas, NV Renovation and Rebranding (D, ID)
Soboba Tribal Casino
Hemet, CA (MP, A, D, ID)
Caesars Palace Forum Meeting Rooms
(Spring 2020) Las Vegas, NV (MP, A, D) *

Mount Airy Casino Resort The Mount Airy Casino Resort is a casino and hotel located in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono Mountains. The casino resort has 284 hotel rooms and a casino. Mount Airy includes more than 1,800 slot machines and more than 70 table games ...

, Mt Pocono, PA expansion and renovation (MP, A, D, ID) *

Harrah's Atlantic City Harrah's Resort Atlantic City is a casino hotel in the marina district of Atlantic City, New Jersey, owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment. Harrah's is one of the largest hotels in New Jersey. The casino is one of three i ...

, NJ Sportsbook (ID)
Hard Rock Sacramento Fire Mountain
CA (Fall 2019) (MP, A, D, ID) *

The Strat The Strat Hotel, Casino and SkyPod (formerly the Stratosphere) is a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It includes a observation tower, the tallest in the United States. It is also the second-tallest observation tower ...

(Formally Stratosphere) Las Vegas, NV renovation and rebranding (MP, A, D, ID)

2018 Projects

MGM Springfield MGM Springfield is a hotel and casino complex situated in the heart of Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Opening on August 24, 2018 in a block of buildings that are historically or culturally influential to Springfield, it ...

Hotel and Casino, Springfield, MA (MP, A, D, ID) *

Palace Station Palace Station is a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Station Casinos and has 576 rooms. Palace Station has a large Asian customer base mainly because of its location near Chinatown. History In 1976, Fran ...

, Las Vegas, NV Expansion, and Renovation (MP, A, D, ID)
Spokane Casino
Spokane, WA (MP, A, D, ID) * Lone Butte Casino, Chandler, AZ Renovations (A, ID)
Vee Quiva Casino Resort
Laveen, AZ Renovations (A, ID)
MGM Cotai
(Cotai, Macau) Public Space (ID)

2017 Projects

Del Lago Resort and Casino del Lago Resort and Casino is a casino hotel in Tyre, New York, owned and operatedo by Churchill Downs, Inc. It opened in 2017 at a cost of $440 million. Facilities The casino features 1,702 slot machines, 66 table games, and 14 poker tables. ...

, Tyre, NY (MP, A, D, ID) *

Ilani Casino Resort The ilani Casino Resort ( ) is a casino operated by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and located near La Center, Washington. The casino opened on April 24, 2017, after a lengthy legal battle over the tribe's right to establish a reservation on which to ...

, Ridgefield, Washington (MP, A, D, ID)
Gunlake Casino
Expansion, Wayland, MI (MP, A, D, ID) * Kansas Crossing Interior Design, Pittsburg, KS (MP, ID)
Orleans Casino
Resort Buffet Las Vegas, NV (A, ID) * Coconut Creek BOL Noodle Bar, Coconut Creek FL (A,ID)

2016 Projects

Graton Resort & Casino Graton Resort & Casino is an Indian casino and hotel outside Rohnert Park, California, that opened on November 5, 2013. It is owned and operated by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. The casino has 3,000 slot machines, 144 table games, an ...

, Rohnert Park, CA Hotel Tower Expansion (MP, A, D, ID) * MGM Cotai (ID) *

Harrah's Resort Southern California Harrah's Resort Southern California (formerly Harrah's Rincon) is a Native American gaming casino and hotel in Valley Center, California. It is owned by the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians and operated by Caesars Entertainment. Hotel rooms The ...

, Resort Expansion (MP, A, D, ID) *

Renovation, Henderson, NV (A, ID)

2015 Projects

Studio City Macau Studio City is a hotel casino resort on the Cotai Strip in Cotai, Macau. The Hollywood studio-themed leisure resort is the first in Asia to integrate television and film production facilities, retail, gaming and hotels. It is majority-owned ...

, Cotai, Macau (D, ID) *

The Star, Sydney The Star Sydney (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Melbourne, Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Ha ...

, Australia (ID) *

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a British-based multinational chain of theme restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and ro ...

, Center Bar Las Vegas, NV (A, D, ID) *Davidoff of Geneva, Las Vegas, NV (A, D, ID)

2014 Projects

Hard Rock Sioux City
Sioux City, IA (MP, A, D, ID) *

Horseshoe Casino Baltimore Horseshoe Baltimore is an urban two-story casino, and the second largest casino in Maryland with a 122,000-square-foot gaming floor.Rector, Kevin. "As Horseshoe Casino Rises, Officials Work behind the Scenes for Smooth Launch." Baltimore Sun. N.p ...

, Baltimore, MD (MP, A, D, ID) *

, Rohnert Park, CA (MP, A, D, ID) *

, Valley Center, CA (MP ph 2, A, D, ID)

2013 Projects

Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati (formerly Jack Cincinnati Casino and Horseshoe Cincinnati) is a casino in Cincinnati, Ohio, owned by Vici Properties and operated by Hard Rock International. It opened in 2013. Casino The two-story casino is and has ...

, Cincinnati, OH (MP, A, D, ID)
Twin Arrows Casino Resort
Flagstaff, AZ (MP, A, D, ID)
Vee Quiva Casino
Chandler, AZ (MP, A, D, ID)

2012 Projects

Horseshoe Casino Cleveland Jack Cleveland Casino (formerly Horseshoe Cleveland) is a casino in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, owned by Vici Properties and operated by Jack Entertainment. Casino Jack Cleveland Casino is located in the former Higbee Building at Tower City Center ...

, Cleveland, OH (MP, A, D, ID) * Northern Edge Casino, Upper Fruitland, NM (MP, A, D, ID) * Harrah's Rincon Casino Resort, Valley Center, CA, on-going Renovation & Expansion, 2010, 2012 (A, ID)

2011

* Gun Lake Resort Casino, Bradley, MI (MP, A, D, ID) *

Seminole Casino The Seminole Casino Immokalee is a Class III tribal gaming casino and hotel in the town of Immokalee, Florida, Immokalee, Florida, United States, 35 miles from Naples, Florida, Naples. The Seminole Casino is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe ...

, Coconut Creek, FL, on-going Renovations & Expansions (ID) * El Cortez Casino, Las Vegas, NV, Renovations (ID) *

Tropicana Las Vegas The Tropicana Las Vegas is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation, on land leased from Gaming and Leisure Properties. It offers 1,467 rooms, a gaming floor, and of convention ...

, Las Vegas, NV, Expansions (ID) *

Hard Rock Café Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a British-based multinational chain of theme restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and rol ...

Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, Renovations (ID) *

, Atlantic City, NJ, Restaurant Expansions (ID)

2010

, Las Vegas, Nevada (MP, A, D, ID) * Hard Rock Punta Cana Resort, Macao Beach, Dominican Republic, Expansion & Renovation (A, ID) * Sunset Station Expansion, Las Vegas, NV, Renovation (A,ID) *

Star City Casino The Star Sydney (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star, owned by Star Entertainme ...

, Sydney, Australia, Renovation & Expansion (A,ID) *

Harrah's Las Vegas Harrah's Las Vegas is a hotel and casino centrally located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment. The property originally opened as a joint venture with Holiday Inn. Constr ...

, Las Vegas, NV, Restaurant Renovations (A,ID)

2009

* Quechan Casino Resort, Yuma, AZ (MP, A, D, ID) * Parx Casino, Bensalem, PA (MP, A, D, ID) * Palace Station, Las Vegas, NV, Renovations & Expansions, 1997, 2005, 2009 (A, ID) * Bally's Claridge Casino/Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, NJ, Renovation & Expansion, 2005, 2009 (A, ID) * Empress Joliet Resort & Casino, Joliet, IL, Expansion & Renovation * Seminole Casino Immokalee, Immokalee, FL, Expansion (ID) * Boulder Station, Las Vegas, NV, Expansion (A, ID)

2008

* Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN (MP, A, D, ID) * Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover, DE * Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City, NJ, Bayview Tower, 2002, Waterfront Tower, 2008 (MP, A, D) * Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ, Chairman's Tower (MP, A, D) * Aliante Station Casino Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (MP, D, ID) * Charlestown Races, Charlestown, WV, Renovation & Expansion * Horseshoe Southern Indiana, Elizabeth, IN * Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, CT, Renovation (ID)

2007

* Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas, NV, PH 1, 2001; PH 2, 2004; PH 3, 2007, ongoing (MP, A, D, ID) * Island View Casino Resort Hotel, Gulfport, MS, Expansion & Renovation, Phase 1, 2006; Phase 2, 2007 * Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, NV, Retail Renovation * Dennis Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ, Historic Preservation & Renovation * Sky City Resort, Auckland New Zealand

2006

* Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, NV (MP, A, D, ID) * Horseshoe Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs, IA, 2006 (MP, A, D, ID) * Harrah's Joliet Resort & Casino, Joliet, IL, Expansion & Renovation * Spirit Mountain, Williamina, OR, Hotel Tower Expansion * Empress Joliet Casino, Joliet, IL, Renovations

2005

* IP Hotel Resort Casino, Biloxi, MS, post-Katrina Renovation (A, ID) * Isle of Capri Casino, Biloxi, MS, post-Katrina Renovation (A, ID) * Bally's Wild Wild West Casino, Atlantic City, NJ, Renovation & Expansion * Fiesta Henderson Casino, Henderson, NV, Renovations (D, ID)

2004

* Cache Creek Casino Hotel Resort, Brooks, CA (MP, A, D, ID) * Ritz Carlton Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, NV (A, ID) * Showboat Casino & Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ, Orleans Tower Expansion, 2003; House of Blues (A, D, ID) * Fiesta Rancho Casino, Las Vegas, NV, Renovations & Ice Rink (D, ID) * Casino De’Venezia, Venice, Italy, Renovation & Expansion (ID) * Isle of Capri Coventry, Coventry, United Kingdom, Expansion (ID) * The Isle at Hull, Hull, United Kingdom, Expansion (ID)

2003

* Pala Casino Resort, Pala, CA (MP, D, ID) * Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, CA (MP, D, ID)

2002

* Texas Station, Las Vegas, NV, Renovations & Expansions, 2000, 2002 (A, ID)

1999

* Dancing Eagle Casino, Albuquerque, NM

1998

* Seven Feather Hotel & Casino Resort, Canyonville, OR * Resorts International, Atlantic City, NJ, Renovations & Expansions

1997

* Horseshoe Casino Hotel, Tunica, MS * Horseshoe Casino Bossier, Bossier City, LA * Presidents Casino, Biloxi, MS, Renovations * Presidents Casino, St. Louis, MO, Renovations

1995

* Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas, NV, Exterior Façade Renovation

1994

* Bally's Las Vegas Casino, Las Vegas, NV, Renovation & New Exterior Plaza & Porte Cochere * Sheraton Casino and Hotel Tunica, Tunica, MS MP – Friedmutter Group Master Planning
A – Friedmutter Group Executive Architect
D – Friedmutter Group – Design Architect
ID – Friedmutter Group – Interior Design

Awards

2015 Awards

* The Hard Rock Sioux City Hotel & Casino was awarded "Best Hotel at the 2015 Annual HOSPY Awards * 14Forty at the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore was awarded 2015 Annual HOSPY Awards "Best Nightclub or Lounge" * The Hard Rock Sioux City Hotel & Casino was awarded "Best Hotel" Lobby/Registration at the 2015 Annual HOSPY Awards * The Hard Rock Sioux City Hotel & Casino was awarded 2015 "AAA Four Diamond Award"

2014 Awards

* The Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino was awarded "Best Hospitality Project" at the 2014 Real Estate & Development RED Awards * The Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino was awarded 2014 "AAA Four Diamond Award"

2013 Awards

* The Spread at Horseshoe Cincinnati Casino was awarded the "Best Buffet" at the 2013 G2E Casino Design Awards * The Diamond Lounge at the Horseshoe Cleveland Casino was awarded "Best Lounge/Bar" at the 2013 G2E Casino Design Awards * The Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort was awarded "Best Native American Casino Facility" at the 2013 G2E Casino Design Awards

2012 Awards

* The Bond Bar at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded "Best Nightclub or Lounge" at the Best Nightclub or Lounge at the 2012 Annual HOSPY Awards

2011 Awards

* The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded "Fodor’s 100" at the Top 100 Hotel Awards * The Marquee DayClub Pool at The Cosmopolitan was awarded "Best Resort Pool" at the 2011 Annual NEWH HOSPY Awards * The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded "Best Convention/Ballroom" at the 2011 Annual NEWH HOSPY Awards * The Wicked Spoon at The Cosmopolitan was awarded "Best Buffet" at the 2011 Annual NEWH HOSPY Awards * The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded the "Best Parking Garage" 2011 Best of Las Vegas * The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded the "Best Hotel" 2011 Best of Las Vegas * The Red Rock Lanes Bowling Center was awarded "Best Bowling" 2011 Best of Las Vegas * Awarded the 2011 "Silver Medallion Society" by the UNLV Foundation

2010 Awards

* In 2010 the Friedmutter Group "Parx Casino" was awarded the 2010 "Excellence in Craftsmanship Award" * In 2010 the Friedmutter Group "Parx Casino" was awarded the 2010 "Pro-AV Spotlight Award" * In 2010 the Friedmutter Group was awarded the 2010 "Hard Rock Development Partner of the Year Award" * In 2010 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded 2010 "Lodging Hospitality Design Award"

2009-2010 Awards

* The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded "Best Architectural Design over $250 Million for Casino Resort" at the 2009-2010 G2E Casino Design Awards * The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded "Best Overall Interior Design for Casino Resort" at the 2009-2010 G2E Casino Design Awards * The Bond Bar at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded "Best Interior Design for a Resort Restaurant or Nightclub" at the 2009-2010 G2E Casino Design Awards * The Pool District at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was awarded "Best Interior Design for a Resort excluding Restaurant or Nightclub" at the 2009-2010 G2E Casino Design Awards

2009 Awards

* Brad Friedmutter, AIA was awarded "Hospitality Industry Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 2009 Hospitality Design Platinum Circle Awards * Harrah's Resort – Atlantic City/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Outstanding Achievement in Technology Integration" at the 2009 Archi-Tech AV Award

2008 Awards

* The Hachi at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Interior Design for a Casino Resort, Restaurant or Nightclub" at the 2008 Casino Design Awards * The Friedmutter Group was awarded the "Three Square 'Extra Helping' Award" For architectural design and going above & beyond the call of duty in the fight to end hunger at the 2008 Annual HOSPY Awards * The Hachi at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Fine Dining Restaurant" at the 2008 Annual HOSPY Awards * Brad Friedmutter, AIA was awarded "Hospitality Industry Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Annual HOSPY Awards

2007 Awards

* The "Senses" Spa & Salon IP Resort & Casino/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Spa" 2007 Las Vegas NEWH HOSPY Award * Brad Friedmutter was awarded the "Sarno Lifetime Achievement Award" for Casino Design * The Friedmutter Group was awarded "Special Recognition in Design Excellence" at the 2007 Las Vegas NEWH HOSPY Awards * The Grand Villa Suite - Red Rock Resort/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Suite" at the 2007 Las Vegas NEWH HOSPY Awards * The T-Bones Chophouse – Red Rock Casino Resort/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Interior Design for a Casino/Resort. Retail Facility, Restaurant, Nightclub or Spa" at the 2007 Casino Design Awards * The Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Interior Design for a Casino/Resort" at the 2007 Casino Design Awards * The Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded the "Architectural Design Company of the Year for a Casino/Resort" at the 2007 Casino Design Awards * The Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Architectural Design for a Casino/Resort Over $200 Million" at the 2007 Casino Design Awards * The Hachi Restaurant at Red Rock Interior/T.I. received the "Best of 2007 Nevada Award Southwest Contractor for Project Over $5 million" at the 2007 Nevada Award * Brad Friedmutter was 2007 Vegas Dozen Men of the Year

2006 Awards

* The Red Rock Casino Hotel & Spa was awarded "Best Ballroom & Convention" at the 2006 Annual HOSPY Awards * The Red Rock Casino Hotel & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Casual Restaurant" at the 2006 Annual HOSPY Awards * The Red Rock Casino Hotel & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Lobby" at the 2006 Annual HOSPY Awards * The Red Rock Casino Hotel & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best High End Restaurant" at the 2006 Annual HOSPY Awards * The Red Rock Casino Hotel & Spa was awarded "Best Casino" at the 2006 Annual HOSPY Awards * The Red Rock Casino Hotel & Spa/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Best Mid-Size Hotel" at the Annual HOSPY Awards * The Friedmutter Group was awarded "Professional Firm of the Year" by the Las Vegas CSI Construction * The Imperial Palace Penthouse Suites/Friedmutter Group was awarded "Excellence in Construction – Interior Finishes Award" by the Mississippi Associated Builders & Contractors * The Friedmutter Group was awarded "Excellence in Construction Award-Commercial General Construction over 15 million-IP Hotel/Hurricane Restoration & Additions" by the Mississippi Associated Builders & Contractors * The Red Rock Casino Resort Spa Phase I was awarded "Best Private Project over $5 million & Interior Project over $5 million" by Southwest Contractor McGraw Hill Construction * The Friedmutter Group received a Certificate of Appreciation from AIA Las Vegas Chapter * The Red Rock Resort Casino Spa was awarded "Best New Hotel Casino" by Best of Las Vegas Las Vegas Life

2005 Awards

* The Red Rock Resort Casino Spa was awarded "Best of 2006 Best New construction project" Southwest Contractors * The Southwest Masonry Thiriot Primary School Las Vegas, Nevada received an "Outstanding Masonry Projects" * Shanghai Fat's Thunder Valley/Friedmutter Group received a "Best Interior Design for a Casino/ Resort-Restaurant/Nightclub" at the 2005 Casino Design Awards

2004 Awards

* The Thunder Valley Resort/Friedmutter Group was "awarded Best Nightclub" at the 2004 HOSPY Awards * The Cache Creek Casino was awarded "Best Suite" at the 2004 HOSPY Awards * The Jewish Community Center of Atlantic County received a Recognition Award for The Milton & Betty Katz * The Showboat Premier Lite Tower was awarded "Merit Award Cast-in-Place" at the 4th Annual New Jersey Concrete Awards 2004 New Jersey Chapter of the American Concrete & Aggregate Association * The Warsaw Ghetto Remembrance Garden was awarded "Best Public Art" by Best of Las Vegas * The Friedmutter Group received an Appreciation & Support Recognition Award from the National Indian Gaming Association

2003 Awards

* The Sushi + Sake, Green Valley Ranch Resort was awarded the "Best Design Restaurant/Nightclub" at the 2003 1st Annual Sarno Awards/ Casino Design * The Green Valley Ranch Resort was awarded "Best Architectural Design $100 million-$250 million" at the 2003 1st Annual Sarno Awards/ Casino Awards * Harrah's Tower & Lobby Expansion won the "Award for Engineering Excellence" by the Consulting Engineers Council of New Jersey

Personal life

Brad married actress and model

Kimberly Friedmutter Kimberly Friedmutter (formerly Stevens), is the author of the book ''Subconscious Power'', a hypnotherapist and life-management expert, and the American actress and model best known for '' Evil Obsession'', ''Time Under Fire'', and the reality ...

(née Stevens) on October 23, 2010. Together they designed and reside in their Las Vegas estate,
Shangri-Las Vegas
'.

References

External links

Friedmutter Group
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