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Gwathmey and Siegel met while students at The High School of Music & Art in New York City in the 1950s. [6] The firm designed place settings for American Airlines. [7] Gene Kaufman joined the firm as partner soon after Charles Gwathmey died of cancer in August 2009. [8] He acquired a majority share and his name was added to the firm. [9]
2345 Grand (formerly the IBM Plaza, IBM Building and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Building) is a high-rise office building located in Kansas City, Missouri. [1] It is listed on many sites as being the work of Mies van der Rohe; however, he died in 1969 before the building could be opened in 1977.
Office building in the Crown Center district. 12 ... American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art. pp. 21, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30 ...
Charles Gwathmey (June 19, 1938 – August 3, 2009) was an American architect. He was a principal at Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, as well as one of the five architects identified as The New York Five in 1969. Gwathmey was perhaps best known for the 1992 renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York City. [1]
The building was designed by architects Raymond E. Bales, Jr. and Morris Schechter and built by the Long Construction Company of Kansas City; site work began in May 1955, and construction was completed on October 31, 1956. The building's exterior was decorated in TWA's signature red and white corporate colors.
The two most noticeable postmodern buildings in the Kansas City skyline are the Town Pavilion (built in 1986) and One Kansas City Place (1988). One Kansas City Place is a taller, glass version of City Hall. The building rises 623 feet (190 m) from its main entrance to the top of its spire and is Missouri's tallest office building.
The 11-story former Harzfeld's Department Store and the former Boley Building were preserved and have been integrated into the design of 1111 Main. Completed in 1986, 1111 Main is the second-tallest habitable building in Kansas City (behind One Kansas City Place ), and it is the third-tallest in the state of Missouri (behind One Metropolitan ...
1830 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, 1931 and 1945; AT&T Building, 948 North 10th Street, Kansas City, 1938; Boulevard at the Med Center Apartments, Kansas City, 1938; Kansas City Kansan Building, Kansas City, 1928; Kansas State School for the Blind, Kansas City, 1937; Kaw Valley State Bank, Kansas City; Kellogg's Snacks Plant, Kansas City