Kauffman Centre for the Performing Arts Poster

Sunshine illuminates the curves of the Kauffman Centre for the Performing Arts sits in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Overhead are piles of fluffy clouds. The Kauffman Centre for the Performing Arts sits in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The dramatic-looking building is near the Power and Light Centre, the Sprint Centre and the Crossroads Arts District. In the foreground are a mural on the building on the left and a restaurant sign on the right. Moshe Safdie, an award-winning modernist, was lead architect. 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 centre'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 Centre is made entirely of glass.