{"id":268927,"date":"2025-12-08T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=268927"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:54:17","slug":"las-vegas-home-by-hs-international-and-rottet-studio","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/las-vegas-home-by-hs-international-and-rottet-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"H&S International And Rottet Studio Craft The Ideal Vegas Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A grand piano that once belonged to Elton John strikes a vibrant note in the great room of a 29,000-square-foot, two-story residence in Las Vegas by H&S International and Rottet Studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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December 8, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Edie\u00a0Cohen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Eric Laignel\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

H&S International And Rottet Studio Craft The Ideal Vegas Escape<\/h1>\n\n\n

No doubt this Las Vegas residence is a trophy house. No doubt it\u2019s also stunning\u2014both visually and statistically: 29,000 square feet, seven bedroom suites, six powder rooms plus a gym shower, and a bunk room that sleeps 10. In other words, something closer to a boutique hotel than a private home. Ostensibly no problem for hospitality doyenne, architect, and <\/em>Interior Design<\/em> Hall of Fame member Lauren Rottet<\/a>. But therein lay the challenge. \u201cI\u2019ve always been fascinated by scale and proportion,\u201d says the Rottet Studio<\/a> founding principal and president. \u201cI needed to achieve human-scale design and make this feel homey.\u201d It was crucial that the massive, two-story house be equally welcoming to the owners\u2014a couple with four young boys\u2014their wide circle of friends, and the many guests they host at frequent events. Not a mere showplace for showy people, Rottet emphasizes, since the clients are anything but.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architect Bing Hu brought Rottet onto the project, reprising their Arizona MidFirst Bank branch collaborations more than a decade earlier. The founding principal of H&S International<\/a> had already designed multiple international residences for the clients. For this property, adjacent to a world-class golf course with sweeping views of the desert, mountains, and distant Vegas Strip, he embraced Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s ethos of \u201cinside out,\u201d conceiving interior and exterior as one. \u201cEverything integrated, everything in sync,\u201d Hu asserts. \u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of why the architecture and interiors look so striking. It\u2019s not just one thing or the other.\u201d His challenge? Fitting the dense program within the limits of the building envelope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infusing A Vegas Home With Warmth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A grand piano that once belonged to Elton John strikes a vibrant note in the great room of a 29,000-square-foot, two-story residence in Las Vegas by H&S International and Rottet Studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A paradigm of desert architecture, the low, sprawling structure is steel-framed and incorporates generous expanses of glass, despite Nevada\u2019s blinding light and searing heat. \u201cIt\u2019s something they know and understand,\u201d Rottet says of the clients, who went to school in the area. Outside, sweeping stucco planes define the rectilinear form, complemented by a welcoming portico\u2014its cantilevered construction and backward-canted columns suggesting motion. The movement theme continues in the entry hall, where a 26-foot-long chandelier of fritted tangerine glass undulates above a multileg bench by Rottet in Nero Marquina marble. \u201cIt\u2019s sturdy enough for the boys to skateboard on,\u201d she says with a laugh. The same sense of dynamism is expressed in the blackened-steel diagonals of the switchback stair that marks the transition into the vast great room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Occupying roughly a quarter of the ground floor, the space comprises a large living area flanked by an open eat-in kitchen, fulfilling the \u201cfamily first\u201d dictum while serving as a convivial venue for entertaining. \u201cThe week after completion, they had a 100-person event, even moving in a stage,\u201d Rottet reports. She managed the oversize scale by mapping out three rug-anchored seating groups furnished with commanding pieces. Back-to-back Antonio Citterio sectionals form the spine of the central vignette, facing the 9-foot-wide fireplace on one side and the kitchen on the other, while a pair of curvaceous Adam Court sofas each draws its own circle of comfortable armchairs. Under the space-defining rugs, the flooring is large-format, concrete-look porcelain tile\u2014the durable bedrock of \u201ca minimalist palette with quiet finishes,\u201d as Rottet Studio senior designer Hannah Rae puts it. But those words hardly describe one showstopping item: a fire-engine-red grand piano, once owned by Elton John and now played by the lady of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showstopping Furnishings Take The Stage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Doshi Levien\u2019s Armada club chairs pull up to the open kitchen\u2019s custom island paneled in smoked, hammered nickel and standing on concrete-look porcelain floor tile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Almost as attention-grabbing is the kitchen chandelier\u2014globes suspended from swagged chains of chunky, topaz-yellow glass\u2014above the sculptural black island, where breakfast and casual family meals are served at a cantilevered counter. Behind the kitchen, the entrance to the formal dining room is flanked by glass-walled wine cellars\u2014one for red, one for white. Mirroring the symmetry, a 12-seat Hellman-Chang table is aligned on axis with a totemlike palm tree framed by the enormous window. The connection to the natural world continues symbolically overhead, where a ceiling cleft lined in gold leaf and fitted with color-changing LEDs glows like a molten-lava fissure, while a Paul Fleming installation transforms one wall into a spangled galaxy of cast-resin pucks. \u201cConceptually, it\u2019s like being outside,\u201d Rottet observes, \u201cwith the sky, a constellation, and nature surrounding you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The landscape even appears to enter the house as an internal garden beneath an enormous skylight. Enclosed by oak-slat screens, it becomes a Zen retreat of sand, rocks, a pair of small trees, and a monumental chair carved from a single block of marble. \u201cIt had to be craned in, which taught us about timing,\u201d Rae remarks. An open gallery linking the sons\u2019 bedrooms, playroom, study, and bunk room encircles the atrium\u2019s second floor. Access is via the stair, its wall a complex composition of laminated glass and perforated oak veneer layered over a mirrored background that gives passersby fleeting glimpses of themselves. A similar playfulness animates the entertainment and relaxation spaces surrounding the garden on the ground floor, which include a home theater, golf simulator, and the gym. A large lounge accommodates a pool table, vintage arcade games, and other group diversions. Beyond a sliding barn-style door lies the cigar bar, glammed up with a charcoal-plaster ceiling inset with nickel-and-oak cove-lighting fixtures above a stool-lined counter that terminates in a large basalt boulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Custom barn-style white-oak doors separate the game lounge from the cigar bar, where the counter terminates in a basalt boulder. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The same rock, in the form of a hand-chiseled tub backdropped by rough-hewn block columns, features in the main suite\u2019s bathroom at the other end of the house. Counterpointing the ruggedness, smooth, brushed limestone clads the floor, walls, and vanity in the spalike space. All is serenity in the adjoining sleeping quarters, where the 23-foot ceiling is moderated by a soaring oak-slat canopy\u2014impressive in scale yet cocooning in feel. But then the same could be said of the grand family home itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walk Through The Home Designed By Rottet Studio and H&S International<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Space-dividing seating groups in the living area include back-to-back Antonio Citterio Groundpiece sectionals and two Adam Court Repose curved sofas faced by pairs of Giuseppe Vigan\u00f2 Overdrive lounge chairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A fritted-glass chandelier above Lauren Rottet\u2019s marble Walking bench in the foyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The steel-frame stucco portico at the front door. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The skylit atrium, encircled by the children\u2019s quarters, including a sitting area with Jorge Herrera\u2019s Magic Stick pendant fixtures. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Beyond the dining room\u2019s custom wine cabinets and above its Z Quad table and Terrah armchairs by Hellman-Chang, Thierry Dreyfus\u2019s Wall Rupture recessed linear fixture glows like a volcanic fissure in the ceiling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The same area\u2019s Big Big armchairs by Kristian Sofus Hansen and Tommy Hyldahl and a Holly Hunt Goblet drink table stand on Marlene Huissoud\u2019s Swarm rug.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The cigar bar ceiling is inset with custom fixtures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Oak slats screen the atrium\u2019s Zen garden, outfitted with sand, rocks, trees, and a Bea Pernia Naked chair. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The infinity-edge pool is 116 feet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the study, Simon Legald\u2019s Hyg task chairs are joined by custom cabinets with gradient glass fronts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Angeletti Ruzza\u2019s glossy cocktail table is a sophisticated touch in the adjacent bunk room, which sleeps 10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Basalt stone forms the main bathroom\u2019s hand-chiseled tub and columns, which contrasts with the Cr\u00e8me Rocco brushed limestone cladding most surfaces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the main bedroom, Carlo Colombo\u2019s Newbridge bed nestles beneath a custom oak-slat canopy, while Rottet\u2019s Dichroic side tables accompany Sacha Lakic\u2019s Astrea armchairs before a 7-foot-wide fireplace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Long and low, the seven-bedroom home on more than 1\u00bd acres is integrated into the desert landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
PROJECT TEAM<\/h6><\/div><\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n

H&S INTERNATIONAL:<\/strong> CLAUDIO MUNOZ WHITING; YEE WING YIU. ROTTET STUDIO:<\/strong> AMBER LEWIS; MICHAEL TREVINO. CREATIVE DESIGNS IN LIGHTING:<\/strong> LIGHTING CONSULTANT. BDS STRUCTURAL:<\/strong> STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. PINNACLE ARCHITECTURAL MILLWORK:<\/strong> MILLWORK. OZZIE KRAFT POOLS:<\/strong> POOL CONSULTANT. DISCOVERY BUILDERS:<\/strong> GENERAL CONTRACTOR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRODUCT SOURCES<\/h6><\/div><\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n

FROM FRONT<\/strong>
HOLLY HUNT:<\/strong> WHITE LOUNGE CHAIRS, DRINK TABLE (LIVING AREA). OKHA:<\/strong> CURVED SOFAS. ARKETIPO FIRENZE:<\/strong> BROWN LOUNGE CHAIRS. NORR11:<\/strong> SHEEPSKIN LOUNGE CHAIRS, OTTOMANS. GLAS ITALIA:<\/strong> GLASS COFFEE TABLES. EDELMAN:<\/strong> LEATHER PANELING. CC-TAPIS:<\/strong> FREEFORM RUG (LIVING AREA), RUGS (DINING ROOM, CIGAR BAR). FLEXFORM:<\/strong> SECTIONALS (LIVING AREA), BED (BEDROOM). TAI PING:<\/strong> ROUND RUGS (LIVING AREA), RUG (BEDROOM). ARCHETYPE GLASS:<\/strong> GLASS PANELING (STAIR WALL), CABINET FRONTS (STUDY). TRUEING STUDIO:<\/strong> PENDANT FIXTURE (KITCHEN). MOROSO:<\/strong> CHAIRS. BULTHAUP:<\/strong> WALL CABINETRY. LASVIT:<\/strong> CUSTOM CHANDELIER (FOYER). GMLIGHTING:<\/strong> RECESSED LINEAR FIXTURE. ROTTET COLLECTION:<\/strong> BENCH (FOYER), GLASS COFFEE TABLE (CIGAR BAR), SIDE TABLES (BEDROOM). HELLMAN-CHANG:<\/strong> TABLE, CHAIRS (DINING ROOM). FLOS:<\/strong> LINEAR CEILING FIXTURE (DINING ROOM), CEILING FIXTURES (ATRIUM). BEA INTERIORS DESIGN:<\/strong> CHAIR (ZEN GARDEN). NORMANN COPENHAGEN:<\/strong> CHAIRS (STUDY). MYHOME COLLECTION:<\/strong> SIDE TABLE (BUNK ROOM). RICH BRILLIANT WILLING:<\/strong> SCONCES. FENDI CASA:<\/strong> BARSTOOLS (CIGAR BAR). WALTER K.:<\/strong> ARMCHAIRS. JAMIE BECKWITH COLLECTION:<\/strong> PARQUET FLOORING. SOUTHWEST BOULDER & STONE:<\/strong> BASALT COLUMNS (BATHROOM). VISUAL COMFORT & CO.:<\/strong> PENDANT FIXTURES. THORNTREE SLATE:<\/strong> VANITY, FLOOR, WALL LIMESTONE. ROCHE BOBOIS:<\/strong> ARMCHAIRS (BEDROOM). GABRIEL SCOTT:<\/strong> PENDANT FIXTURES. THROUGHOUT KNOWN COLLECTION:<\/strong> OAK FLOORING. STONE SOURCE:<\/strong> PORCELAIN FLOOR TILE. BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.:<\/strong> PAINT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n