AIAS UNLV Freedom by Design Chapter

So honored to receive the Academic Honor Award for our Casa de Luz Project at this year’s AIA Nevada Design Awards!

So honored to receive the Academic Honor Award for our @casadeluzlv Project at this year’s AIA Nevada Design Awards!

"More importantly, once the project was done, we got to see the renovated front yard utilized by neighborhood kids—a rewarding moment for all of us. Each time a member of the Casa community walked up to the new space, their faces instantly lit up." Learn how this community-based design project impacted a Las Vegas neighborhood at http://bit.ly/2P4UDkb.

(American Institute of Architecture Students - AIAS, UNLV School of Architecture, UNLV, AIAS UNLV, AIAS UNLV Freedom by Design Chapter)

Thanks so much to National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) for the feature opportunity!

Freedom by Design Program Helps Build Communities Learn how this student-led design project impacted a Las Vegas neighborhood.

We are very honored to have received the Group Direct Service Award at this year’s Impact Awards for Community Engagement! We were nominated for our recent project for . Big thank you to everyone who helped make this possible! @ UNLV

Watch our Casa de Luz Project video here:

UNLV AIAS Freedom by Design Casa de Luz Project University of Nevada, Las Vegas American Institute of Architecture Students Freedom by Design chapter 2018-2019 project for Casa de Luz.

We can’t get over how gorgeous this sign is either. Thank you so much to !!

We can’t get over how gorgeous this sign is either. Thank you so much to @fortespecialtycontractors!!

We can’t thank Forte enough for their incredible support and donation. Casa’s new sign and planters are in progress!

We can’t thank Forte enough for their incredible support and donation. Casa’s new sign and planters are in progress!

Another plant run at Cactus Joe’s for the upcoming planting weekend. It’s always great to be back! @ Cactus Joe's Blue Diamond Nursery

Build Day 1: 14.5 hours of grading the site, laying rock mulch, & laying pavers. We will complete the project next Saturday with planting and a welcome event for the community. Thank you to everyone for volunteering!

Build Day 1: 14.5 hours of grading the site, laying rock mulch, & laying pavers. We will complete the project next Saturday with planting and a welcome event for the community. Thank you to everyone for volunteering!

Successful Demo weekend for our Casa de Luz project! Come out this coming weekend for our Build, 8am-3pm Saturday (23rd) + Sunday (24th)!

A successful demo weekend for our Casa de Luz project. Thank you to everyone who came out and volunteered! We will continue the project with our Build this coming weekend and will need volunteers both Saturday and Sunday from 8 AM until about 3 PM.