Kansas City Modern Icon ranks #18 Worldwide


Steven Holl's Bloch Addition to Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Art Museum just made Vanity Fair's list of of the 21 best structures built in the last 30 years!

Vanity Fair asked 52 "experts" to choose the five most important buildings since 1980. The team named 132 different structures. Kansas City's relative new Modern Icon ranked number 18 in the world with 3 votes!

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Who voted and for what buildings
(and see who voted for themselves)

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Sneak Peak at Studio 804 Open House for This Weekend

Well I got a sneak peak at the Studio 804 project this week and I plan on making another trip back this Saturday to see the greenest house in Kansas City finished (or almost finished). They had a lot of work ahead of them when I was there.

Studio 804, from the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Planning will host an Open House of their most recent project this Saturday, May 16, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The house is located near KU Med, at 1716 Springfield, Kansas City, KS 66103. Parking is located at the school north of the site. Be sure to see the other Studio 804 projects in the neighborhood.

See ya there!

Studio 804 Open House - May 16, 2009

Studio 804, from the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Planning will be having an Open House of their most recent project this Saturday, May 16, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The house is located not far from two previous 804 projects at 1716 Springfield, Kansas City, KS 66103. Parking is located directly Northeast of the site.

These houses always prove to be very interesting and this years house is not only Modern, but also Uber Green. More on that later.


Shipping Container House in Kansas City

I was forwarded a news story recently on a local home that is under construction being built with Shipping Containers. I managed to drive by and snap a few pictures one day last week. The home is being built in Brookside and is currently midway through construction, it is going to have a very industrial feel when it is completed given the nature of the shipping containers. Check out their website for a rendering of the finished product. It must have been quite the battle with the city to get their approval on such a radical approach to home construction [in Brookside].