Kauffman Center Curves and Shadows

by Catherine Sherman

Title

Kauffman Center Curves and Shadows

Artist

Catherine Sherman

Medium

Photograph - Photography

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"Kauffman Center Curves and Shadows" by Catherine Sherman.

The late afternoon sun casts bold shadows on the rooftop of the iconic Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown, Kansas City, Missouri, at 16th and Broadway. The center is near the Power and Light Center, the Sprint Center and the Crossroads Arts District.

The Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet perform in the center's performance venues. Moshe Safdie, an award-winning modernist, was lead architect. Others on the design team were acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota, theater consultant Richard Pilbrow, and engineering firm Arup. Local firm BNIM was the associate architect. Lead contractor was J.E. Dunn Construction Group of Kansas City.

The 285,000-square foot (26,500 m2) structure was one of the most complex structures in the world to design and build and was under construction for nearly five years.

The center's exterior consists of two symmetrical half shells of vertical, concentric arches that open toward the south. Each shell houses one acoustically independent performance venue, although the backstage area is shared. The south facade of the Center is made entirely of glass.

Featured in "Beauty" group (01/17/2015); "Philanthropic Artists For A Cause " group (01/18/2015) "3 A Day Waiting Room Art" group (01/20/2015); "All Art Welcome" group (01/22/2015); "Midwest America" group (01/26/2015); "ABC Group's S IS FOR SHADOW" group (02/22/2019)

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