While the technological marvels of the Sphere have dazzled tourists and locals, UNLV professor Glenn Nowak sees the building that opened its doors Friday from a different perspective. Nowak, founder ...

The inaugural concert at Las Vegas' Sphere, the city's latest state-of-the-art music venue, earned rave reviews from concert-goers and online commentators alike after its official opening last week.

Red and black base isolators, which absorb movement in earthquakes, are exposed at the Academy Museum's new sphere building. (Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times) If the Academy Museum of Motion ...