architecture

On Jan. 21, Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church was broken into and a piece of a memorial stained glass window removed. The church was built in 1907 by formerly enslaved families in Parkville, Missouri.

The 122-year-old former burlesque house — the oldest theater in the city — will officially welcome patrons to new carpets, artwork, larger seating and other upgrades after a four-month closure.

Learn the hidden history and little-known facts behind 100 years of Kansas City's iconic shopping district.

Though they're not as ubiquitous today, you can still see a few historic clocks in the Kansas City metro, dating back to the late 1880s.

With concerts and touring acts returning to Kansas City theaters, take a peek behind the curtain at some of our historic local venues.

The building is included on the Historic Kansas City Foundation's Most Endangered List because of disrepair. UMKC spends about $60,000 a year to maintain it, and now wants ideas for its future.

Built in 1968 as an architect's residence, the Campbell Dome House recently won a designation on the Kansas Register of Historic Places. After sitting empty for years, this futuristic landmark is finally being restored by the descendants of the engineer who built it.

You can see the sleek, intricate designs of Art Deco style at these iconic buildings in downtown and midtown Kansas City, dating back to the 1920s and 30s.

A vacant building at 1328 Agnes Ave. in Kansas City, Missouri, is being reimagined as an arts community — with studios, a gallery, and arts-related businesses.

Missouri's senior senator and the representative from Kansas' 3rd congressional district talk infrastructure and the child tax credit, and we meet the principal of one of the few Black-owned architecture firms in the nation.

Jonathan Cole is the principal of one of the few Black-owned architecture firms in the nation.

Community Christian Church, just off the Country Club Plaza, was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. For years its defining feature was a “steeple of light” that sent beams of light into the night sky. But for the past two years the church has been dark.