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Custom home builder delivers design masterpieces across the Las Vegas Valley In Las Vegas, Blue Heron is known for its high-end, striking designs. Last summer, the company sold its most expensive home ever, Vegas Modern 001 (and the most expensive yet sold in Las Vegas as of press time). We talked to founder Tyler Jones about the company and building the home. Your family has been in Vegas for a really, really long time. But Blue Heron has only been
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established since 2004. What was your impetus behind founding the company? I grew up with my father’s (home building) company … and ultimately went to architecture school at University of Colorado in Boulder. By the time I was 25, when we started up the company, I’d already had quite a bit of both construction and design experience. Blue Heron was a way to put it all together to come up with a process and a workflow for our clients and for
our team. It was more efficient, and was always about this ultra-strong architectural vision. A lot of Blue Heron architecture has a (particular) contemporary feel. Why does that type of style resonate with you? Our Vegas Modern design philosophy is all about being authentic to the culture and what people who live in Las Vegas ... need and want in their homes. It’s also about what is
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