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Title: Architecture 1913-1933: Metamorphs in Twenty Years
Description: Discussion of how architecture changed in the period following 1885-1913, with examples of Union Station and Liberty Memorial.
Date: 1971
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Edward Tanner Awards - Architecture
Description: Short article about the Edward Tanner award recipient Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc. (PGAV Architects) and its innovative designs. Photos include the new Union Station Kansas City Administration offices; the polar bear exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo; and "the amazing innovation on the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Miller Nichols Library" which "earned a Gold Craftsmanship award and a Silver Award in Architecture/Exterior. Using an original, 40-inch-tall map of Kansas City from 1926, PGAV enlarged it to display on a 55-foot-tall building of the Miller Nichols Library with backlighting so that at night it is lit with fluorescent wall fixtures and LED lights.
Date: 2011-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Design Saviors
Description: Article describes Kansas City building projects that strive to follow the American Institute of Architects' sustainability standards, known as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The Kansas City Internal Revenue Service campus near Union Station is named as an example of LEED-inspired building design.
Date: 2007-02-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Urban Renaissance
Description: Photos, map, and article about the redevelopment starting in the late 1990s of the Freight House District, an area of re-used older buildings between 19th, Broadway, and Walnut Streets and the railroad tracks behind Union Station. Description of several businesses such as the Emery Bird Thayer building at 17th and Walnut Streets, "offices tucked into buildings" including art galleries and studios and restaurants such as Lidia's and the Zin restaurant, as well as lofts and apartments, etc.
Date: 2001-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Rise and Demise of the Architectural League of Kansas City [with a Note on Architectural Record Keeping in the Region]
Description: History of the Architectural League of Kansas City, established in 1922 with the split of "nearly half the members of the Kansas City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" derived from grievances over the building of the Liberty Memorial and Union Station. Description and photos of the some of the significant architecture in the years during the league's operations, ending in 1933.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Magazine Article

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