Kansas City Architecture Series

Architect Todd Achelpohl of infrastructure solutions firm HNTB and Jonathan Kemper, president of the Kansas City Public Library Board of Trustees, discuss how after a century as a financial institution the First National Bank Building at 10th and Baltimore became the Central Library...

Architectural historian & preservation consultant Cydney Millstein examines how the TWA Headquarters Building at 18th and Main streets became the home for the Barkley advertising agency. Millstein is the founder and principal of Architectural & Historic Research, LLC, the oldest cultural resources cons...

The 2013 Kansas City Architecture Series examines how historic buildings in Kansas City’s downtown area have been repurposed and given new life. For the first program Annette Thomas, member of the Historic Kansas City Foundation, discusses the transformation of the old...

Architect Richard Farnan explores six downtown Kansas City buildings that exhibit the symmetrical elegance of the art deco style.The event focuses on City Hall, the Jackson County Courthouse, and the Municipal Auditorium.There is a sister event on July 15 that looks at the Kansas City...

Architect Richard Farnan explores six downtown Kansas City buildings that exhibit the symmetrical elegance of the art deco style.The program looks at the Kansas City Power & Light Bulding, the Union Carbide Building, and the Fidelity National Bank Building.

The Plaza Branch concludes its annual Kansas City Architectures series, which in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War focused on antebellum homes this year. Alana Smith, president of the Westport Historical Society, shares the history of the Harris-Kearney Home, the oldest remaining brick resi...

The Plaza Branch continues its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. In this installment, Tom Cooke examines the history of the Bent-Ward House, a property located at 1032 W. 55th Street whose farm pastures (now...

The Plaza Branch continues its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.Tom Taylor reviews the history of the Alexander Majors House and the John B. Wornall House....

The Plaza Branch hosts its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Eric Bushner, vice-president of community and government relations for James B. Nutter & Company, discusses the history of the Na...

The women architects who helped shape Kansas City neighborhoods and beyond are the subject of the second season of They Built Kansas City, a series examining the work of architects responsible for some of the city’s most recognizable structures. All programs in the series begin at...