Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Pardee Homes:

Loren G. Smets, A.I.A.

Vice President of Architecture

Loren G. Smets, A.I.A.

Vice President of Architecture

Pardee Homes

650 White Drive, Suite 100

Las Vegas, NV 89119

(702) 614-1400

Loren Glen Smets, A.I.A., is vice president of architecture for Pardee Homes, a leading multi-regional master developer and homebuilder. Based in Pardee’s Las Vegas office, Smets oversees the architectural design and planning for Pardee’s new communities in Nevada, and lends assistance to the company’s overall marketing and entitlement processes. Having built homes for nearly 40,000 families in Southern Nevada since 1952, Pardee currently offers eight new home neighborhoods in the Las Vegas Valley. Prior to joining Pardee Homes in 2002, Smets founded the Smets Architectural Group in Southern California in 1982 and then, in 1992, established LGS Architects, Inc., an architectural and planning firm with offices in Irvine, California and Las Vegas, specializing in residential design and planning for builders and developers throughout the western United States. For his work in residential design, Smets has received recognition by many of the homebuilding industry’s most prestigious award programs, including PCBC’s Gold Nugget Awards, Best in American Living Awards, Elan Awards, MAME Awards, Laurel Awards and the Las Vegas Homer Awards. A native of Southern California, Smets is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture, a member of the American Institute of Architects and a licensed architect in California, Nevada and Arizona.

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