The clash

By Will Jones 2001-12-18T00:00:00

Source: Chris Gascoigne/View

Who would want to put a Guggenheim museum in Las Vegas? The owner of The Venetian hotel would. And who would design this collision between high art and casino culture? Rem Koolhaas of course.

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