INNOVATIVE PHASING

A thorough understanding of financial as well
as architectural issues was required to
develop a long-term, multi-phase vision for
the Music Hall that is both cohesive and
affordable. The first phase of the Music Hall’s
renovation focused on restoring interiors and
expanding back-of-house functionality.
Reinvigorated, the Music Hall is now better
positioned to raise funding for Phase 2— a
progressive lobby expansion of crystalline
transparency that will prepare the historic
facility for the aspirations of a new century.


RECASTING A LANDMARK

The Music Hall has been a Kansas City landmark since
1936 and updating the facility took great vision and
design sensitivity. Introducing a fifteen foot high roof-
top extension to the stage house of an historic struct-
ure was potentially controversial. Textured fluting,
a decorative motif throughout this art deco master-
piece, was reinterpreted at a grand scale in stainless
steel for the expansion. The new and bold design has
a distinct art deco flavor and steps back in three tiers
to maintain the building façade’s prominence when
viewed from the street.