(Little Mountain 5– wikipedia/creative commons license) Moshe Safdie designed the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Safdie is known for Marina Bay Sands and Habitat 67. He started as an apprentice under Louis Kahn but …
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(MrGuilt – flickr/creative commons license) Eero Saarinen designed the Gateway to the West St. Louis arch on the bank of the Mississippi river. Completed in 1965, it is one of the Finnish master’s finest works of expressionist symbolism. The entire …
(by cristinabe– flickr/creative commons license) Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki designed the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. It was completed in 2006. The Japanese design arranges blocks of masonry and glazing to provide subtle …
(FHKE– flickr/creative commons license) Juxtaposed to the old 1933 “Temple to Art” in Kansas City is a new addition by Steven Holl Architects, called the Bloch building. As one proceeds from the old building, five glass lenses manipulate the visitors’ …