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We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Kansas Building Developments, USA. We aim to include projects that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the state. The focus is on contemporary Kansas buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

Major Kansas Architecture

Apr 21, 2022
Hipped House, Lawrence, Douglas County
Architects: Forward Design | Architecture

photo : Bob Greenspan Photography
Hipped House Kansas
Originally constructed in the 1890’s in Lawrence, Kansas, Forward Design | Architecture transformed Hipped House, originally Delaware House, into a modern home that suits the needs of its current owners while maintaining its historic charm.

Bloch building, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
2007
Design: Stephen Holl Architects

image : Andy Ryan
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Since it’s opening, Steven Holl Architects’ addition to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO has been lauded by leading national press and prestigious architecture communities. Capping off an award-winning year, TIME magazine’s Richard Lacayo just voted the museum #1 in its Top 10 of Best Architectural Marvels of 2007 stating: “Adding a new wing to a neoclassical museum, Holl devised a spectacular update on classicism…The effect against the nighttime sky is nothing short of magical.”

Key Kansas Buildings, alphabetical:

Aug 23, 2017
Preston Outdoor Education Station, Elmdale
Design: KSU Design+Make Studio

photograph : Mike Sinclair
Preston Outdoor Education Station
Preston Outdoor Education Station is part of YMCA’s Camp Wood, located west of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, in the heart of the Tallgrass Prairie.

Jun 10, 2017
DeBruce Center at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County
Design: Gould Evans

photo courtesy of architects
DeBruce Center at the University of Kansas
The DeBruce Center at the University of Kansas is a unique hybrid of museum and student commons designed to serve as the permanent home for the historic two-page document on which, in 1891, James Naismith outlined The Original 13 Rules of Basketball.

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park
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Design: Kyu Sung Woo Architects

image © Timothy Hursley
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Kyu Sung Woo Architects has designed the new Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas. The museum, home to a significant collection of contemporary artists including: Dana Schutz, Kehinde Wiley, Uta Barth, Kerry James Marshall and Do-Ho Suh, will bring an exciting new presence to the campus of Johnson County Community College and will serve as the starting point of a campus-wide art installation program.

Sustainable Residence, 3716 Springfield, Rosedale, Kansas City
2009
Design: Studio 804

photo : courtesy of Studio 804
Sustainable Residence Kansas City
Design for a single-family residence at 3716 Springfield in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Nestled on a secluded site near the University of Kansas Medical Center, the residence seeks those who desire to live “off-the-grid” while enjoying the revitalized amenities that comprise the metropolitan urban core. Studio 804, a not-for profit, design/build program at the University of Kansas, is a process that creates architecture while thoughtfully responding to global problems of density and sustainability using smaller scale, local solutions.

Key Kansas Building Designs, no images, alphabetical:

Exploration Place, Wichita
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Moshe Safdie Architects

Performing Arts Centre, Kansas City
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Moshe Safdie Architects

Wichita House
Date built: 1947
Design: Richard Buckminster Fuller

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Gary M. Sumers Recreation Center at Washington University in St. Louis
Design: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, architects

photo : Daniel Lee/Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Gary M. Sumers Recreation Center at Washington University in St. Louis