Igloo Design

When a guest enters a casino, the glitz and glam should take their breath away. They should feel as though they are high rolling with the rich and famous. If your casino design needs a more refined look or you are in the planning stages of your casino design, you must begin planning the space from the outside in.

By blending in with the natural and architectural surroundings of the area, whether you are in Colorado or Florida, the casino will be in harmony with the landscape. This is important if you are going for subtle sophistication.

Once the exterior presents a beautiful, welcoming, rich looking, retreat that is just the beginning. You have enticed your clientele and this must continue when they step through the doors. The foyer should be an extension of the elegance they felt when walking up to the building. The carpet must be clean and elegant and the hardwood floors should gleam. The lighting can be a mixture of gilded, rich looking opulence and modern pieces such as blown glass pendants. You can even place a scattering of fluorescent lights to liven up the place. These can all work together to create the look of elegance you seek.

The artwork should be tasteful and blend into the room. If you have a theme, for example, old Hollywood or the Wild West, your artwork is the perfect way to promote your theme in a tasteful manner. The continuation of your theme can be carried out in many small details throughout the casino. The bar and the restrooms are wonderful places to add these small touches. The more thought that goes into these small details, the bigger the impact on your company’s Branding.

Water features are another way to captivate your customers and add an element of elegance. A lighted wall of water that cascades down into the room or an actual fish tank or pond filled with colorful exotic fish, creates an air of luxury and a very inviting and happy place to be.

Casino design has come a long way since the early days of Vegas. Back then, it seems as if they were designed solely to call attention to themselves. Check out photos from the Rat Pack glory days and you’ll quickly realize that the aesthetic was pure kitsch and glittering pastel lights, huge and clumsy marquees, and somewhat-dated casino names like The Flamingo and the Golden Nugget.  Well, times have changed; take a stroll down today’s strip and you’ll find the variety to be astounding casinos with Renaissance themes, aged walls, brilliant frescoes, and painted ceilings.  Given the tasteful opulence involved, some gamblers may momentarily feel as if they’re in church.  Throw in location-centric casinos like New York, New York, Paris Las Vegas, and Luxor, and the vibe resembles that of an international theme park.  Ultimately, designers are applying the same architectural principles utilized by their contemporaries elsewhere, creating casinos that provide an all-encompassing and tasteful experience while calibrating design principles with specific demographic groups in mind.

Since 1828, Crockfords Casino has attracted the most exclusive gamblers in all of Europe.  Situated in the heart of London’s Mayfair district, the casino provides the tried and true games to its customers: roulette, blackjack, and poker. Architecturally speaking, each room brings with it its own unique flair. The gambling rooms are elegant, tasteful, and relatively small. The blackjack room, in particular, is a classic parlor room, replete with maroon leather chairs, maroon carpeting, hanging lights, and framed pictures on the walls.  The bar, meanwhile, is a portrait of opulence.  High ceilings, towering chandeliers, walls painted dark-purple, and a patterned carpet greet patrons.  The dining room, on the other hand, is slightly more refrained and Victorian, bathed in natural light, as patrons dine below large portraits.  The Crockfords Club also offers two private gambling rooms, the Penthouse Suite and the London room. The former provides sophistication and intimacy for a small party, while the latter provides a rooftop smoking balcony.

Given all the great works produced of Fyodor Dostoevsky, one can be forgiven for forgetting.  It’s a short novel about – you guessed it; a gambler, and was written while Dostoevsky was stricken by severe gambling debts.  What’s often not known is that Dostoevsky wrote the story while gambling at the world-famous Baden-Baden Casino in Germany. And after looking at photos of its interior, it’s hard to blame him (or Marlene Dietrich, who called it the most beautiful casino in the world.  The casino’s elegance and extravagance has a timeless, old-world quality.  Built over 250 years ago, it was modeled on the royal palaces of the French royal.  Its evolution as a gambling destination has mirrored the social upheavals that have spread across the continent in the last two centuries; previously a private playground of the aristocratic elite, then Baden-Baden Casino is now open to all intrepid gamblers seeking to tempt chance.