Engineering a Retail Experience
At Dolls Kill, you don’t simply walk into a store, you step into an experience. That made this retail space a natural fit for AREA15.
INNOVA provided structural engineering services for the new Dolls Kill location within AREA15’s expanding entertainment district in Las Vegas. Working in collaboration with our client Moser Architecture Studio, INNOVA’s scope included structural engineering for new interior walls, changing rooms, display boxes, and a number of hanging lights and themed elements. The approximately 4,500-square-foot retail space required structural solutions that supported the architectural vision while integrating with the existing building.
Engineering Behind the Experience
Behind the visual elements is the structural coordination required to turn an architectural concept into a buildable space. INNOVA Senior Project Manager Steve Moore, S.E., worked alongside the project team to develop structural solutions for the tenant improvements.
Projects such as Dolls Kill illustrate an important side of structural engineering: the most successful solutions are often the ones visitors never notice. Structural systems must accommodate architectural features, equipment, finishes and specialty elements while maintaining constructability, code requirements and the integrity of the existing structure.
Continuing Our Work at AREA15
The project represents INNOVA’s continued involvement at AREA15, where highly customized venues create unique opportunities for collaboration among architects, engineers, contractors and specialty designers.
For Dolls Kill, that collaboration helped bring the architectural concept to life through structural solutions designed specifically for the space.
