Todd-Avery Lenahan

Published: August 15, 2014
Todd Avery Lenahan head shot

Recently Completed Projects
Spa, guestrooms, and suites at Encore Wynn Las Vegas, and Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant CUT, all in Las Vegas

Projects on the Boards

Ritz-Carlton Red Sea – Saudi Arabia; two restaurants at the Shangri-La Hotel at Echelon and the Villas at the Palazzo, both in Las Vegas

Places

Book on my nightstand
My work-in-progress draft of [my second book] PLACES – Volume II

Todd-Avery Lenahan
ABA Design Studio
Las Vegas
www.abalv.com
Anderson Cooper
TV show I can always watch
CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360º
City for design
Tokyo
Lesson learned
Always look both ways when crossing the street

Imhotep
Architect/designer I would have liked to have met
Imhotep
Big break
The day I began working for the Walt Disney Company
Alex restaurant

Favorite restaurant for design
Alex at Wynn Las Vegas

Washington DC
City I love
Washington, DC
Most important thing in my office
My team and my dog
You would never know that
I am an innately quiet person
I’m always
At work in some form and on some level. Work is not a place for me; it’s a state of mind.

Best part of the industry
Loyal clients and peer collaborators

Most challenging part
Educated clients without wealth, and wealthy clients without education