Design Perspectives: Bright spots enliven low-key...

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Clean-lined and sober, the MGM National Harbor resort defies the stereotype of the Vegas gambling palace. This buttoned-up, Washington-style building looks more like a convention center than a casino. There’s good reason, given that meeting facilities, hotel rooms, restaurants, stores and a theater comprise a significant part of the massive complex. Apart from an electronic billboard at one end and the snarling, gold MGM lion at the other, there is little flash on the exterior to indicate that…