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Title
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Architecture Residential
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Description
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Series of articles about different types of housing styles like Bungalow (Craftsman), Shirtwaist, Tudor, Ranch, and Queen Anne, as well as articles about old houses, researching the history of your house, etc.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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A Form of Journaling
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Description
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Article discusses the abstract paintings of Curtis Simmons who also works as project designer and associate architect for BNIM Architects. His design of an "ellipse of dichroic filtered film on glass" that hangs in the atrium at the Bannister Federal Complex "has resulted in a deluge of awards and accolades for BNIM." (Includes photo of this art glass.) Simmons, originally from Colorado, moved to Kansas City seven years ago.
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Date
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2008-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Future is Metal: A. Zahner Company
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Description
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Although not well-known in its home city, A. Zahner has a world-class reputation as an architectural metal company. Its local projects include the spire on One Kansas City Place, the Sky Stations on Bartle Hall, and the Kansas City Star press building. The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and The National Building Museum in Washington and The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, are among its many installations elsewhere.
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Date
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2007-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Area Design Firm Gaining National Recognition
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Description
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Article discusses Dimensioinal Innovations of Overland Park, Kansas. The company has done "a wide variety of high-profile design tasks in the business, sports and government worlds" including the parking garage of the Kansas City Public Library's Central Library.
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Date
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2010-05-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Mineral Hall at KCAI
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Description
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Short article about Mineral Hall (4340 Oak St.) and its ornate front entrance, billed as "the most photographed door in Kansas City." Mineral Hall was built in 1903 by architect Louis Curtiss. It was originally the home of mining magnate Roland Bruner but is now part of the Kansas Cit Art Institute.
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Date
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2009-11-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
