Ilani Casino

Project Details

Owner: Cowlitz Tribe
Location: Ridgefield, WA
Architect: Friedmutter Group
Awards & Recognitions: Best Sports Entertainment project of 2017, ENR Northwest
Project Scope:

Exterior 2.5″ Centria/Metl-Span insulated metal panels
Multi-toned Dri-Design metal panels
Custom 3D ACM chromatic panels
Flashing for all metal panels
Exterior stone, faux wood, and windows

Bassett Construction supplied and installed exterior 2.5″ Centria/Metl-Span insulated metal panels, multi-toned Dri-Design metal panels, and custom 3D ACM chromatic panels. Bassett also installed flashing for all metal panels, exterior stone, faux wood, and windows.
On the interior of the casino, Bassett installed Armstrong ribbon panels in the Line and Lure restaurant.

Photos © Bassett Construction, Inc.

Designed to Reflect Northwest Culture

The $510 million, 368,000 square foot project was designed to reflect Northwest culture and honor the heritage of the Cowlitz Tribe. The building uses stone, wood, and glass materials. Lighting fixtures include chandeliers made of curved art glass that overlaps likes waves. Pendant light fixtures in the lounge are designed to resemble slices of tree trunks. On the interior of the casino, Bassett installed Armstrong ribbon panels in the Line and Lure restaurant.

Balazs Bognar, AIA, chief manager of Kengo Kuma and Associates says, “The metal roofs were, in fact, a series of materials that incrementally softened from stone on the courtyard surface to metal for the lower roofs to vegetated panels on the upper roofs, and finally to the actual context of the Pacific Northwest firs and cedars. The metal is part of the gradient.”

~ Metal Construction News