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Handcut Italian glass mosaics and pony-hair
walls enhance Curry's seductive design

Soaking tubs emerge from marble grottos in a Daun
Curry-crafted Boulevard penthouse bathroom

Virserius Studio. "Las Vegas Strip hotels have
occupancy in the mid-90 percent range, so
the rooms are in use nearly every night," says
Nichols. "We felt the ideal time for a refresh
was before it was needed."
A development of this magnitude comes
on the heels of other significant design
initiatives executed over the past two years.
The Restaurant Collection, for example, still
devoted to the resort's original philosophy of
only working with brands and chefs that don't
yet have a presence in the city, expanded with
the likes of Eggslut, Blue Ribbon, Momofuku,
and Milk Bar outposts. The posh Boulevard
penthouses-21 in total, ranging from 2,000
to 5,000 square feet-were also unveiled,
conceived by three firms: New York designers
Daun Curry (marking her hospitality debut)
and Adam D. Tihany of Tihany Design, and
London-based Richmond International.
Tihany was also the mastermind behind the
corridors and the Reserve, an Art Deco-style
private gaming salon for the penthouse guests.
This most recent guestroom revamp, adds
Nichols, focused on making the spaces feel
more like the rest of the resort. Except for one
suite category, which was opened up to allow
for more seating, all the architectural bones

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A custom-drawn damask pattern canopies over
the bed in a Terrace studio, while a photograph
of a woman's silhouette looks on

remained intact. "We stripped the rooms down
to concrete floors and drywall so nearly every
finish is new," says Nichols.
Comfortable wraparound Terrace suites
and City rooms and suites by the Cosmopolitan
in-house team have neutral hues, brightened
by bespoke graffiti art and unexpected details
like wallpaper found inside closets. In various
other Terrace rooms and Reception suites,
Therese Virserius, founder of Virserius
Studio, opted for a sophisticated, edgy scheme
through a palette of jewel tones and sculptural
furniture. "A canopy over the beds has a
custom-drawn damask pattern and takes
up the entire wall, creating a room within a
room," she says. "Las Vegas is a theatrical city,
so we wanted to keep that mystique and drama

at the Cosmopolitan in a tasteful way." Inspired
by the resort's tagline, "Just the Right Amount
of Wrong," Virserius introduced "playful
elements that straddle the fine line between
too little and too much." Artwork imbues each
space with "theater and fantasy, and invites
guests to ponder what the 'right amount of
wrong' is." Consider the photograph of a
woman's profile "brought to life using powder
delicately printed on recycled corrugated
craft paper" for a 3D effect, she adds, or the
piece incorporating blue velvet that nods to
the 1986 film of the same name. By peering
at this soft powder print charcoal drawing of
a woman exercising with ribbon, "guests can
follow the lines in an endless loop and imagine
themselves similarly," she explains. hd
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