Brad Friedmutter
Brad Henry Friedmutter, A.I.A. is an architect and founder of Friedmutter Group, a design, architecture, master planning and interior design firm. Friedmutter Group has designed dozens of integrated resorts including The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the fifth-most expensive building in the world. Friedmutter is a registered architect in 43 states. Friedmutter Group has offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, Newport Beach, California, and Macau, China. Early life. Brad Friedmutter was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Flushing, Queens. His mother was a school teacher in the arts and later the Director of Cultural Arts for the  Board of Education under Mayor Ed Koch. His father collected and restored early 1900s antiques. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from Cooper Union in 1973. Career. From 1978-1981 Friedmutter was a project manager for Conversano and Associates, a casino design firm. In 1981 he became Vice President of Design and Construction for Steve Wynn's Atlandia Design. In 1987 he took a similar position with Bally's Las Vegas, but in 1991, Bally's went bankrupt and he was laid off. In 1992 he founded Friedmutter Group. From 2004-2010 Friedmutter Group was the executive architect  and casino interiors for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas which was to be the most expensive building in the United States. The Cosmopolitan eventual budget of $3.9 billion placed it as the fifth most expensive building in the world by the time of its opening in 2010. Friedmutter Group was the design architect, interior architecture and interior design including mass gaming casino, lobbies, low-rise entry facade and casino restaurants for Studio City Macau a $3.2 billion resort hotel and casino, notable for its collaboration with Brett Ratner, Martin Scorsese, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, James  Packer, Mariah Carey in October 2015. Friedmutter Group's other notable projects include the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas, the Bally's Casino Tunica in Tunica, Mississippi, the Red Rock in Las Vegas, the Horseshoe Casinos in Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. List of Projects. 1994. MP – Friedmutter Group Master Planning A – Friedmutter Group Executive Architect D – Friedmutter Group – Design Architect ID – Friedmutter Group – Interior Design Personal life. Brad married actress and model Kimberly Friedmutter (née Stevens) on October 23, 2010. Together they designed and reside in their Las Vegas estate , "Shangri-Las Vegas".