COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Bartle Hall Convention Center
Alternate Title:
Kansas City Convention Center
Image View:
View looking up the west elevation, showing cross-bracing and one concrete pylon in profile
Creator:
BNIM Architects (American architectural firm, founded 1970); HNTB Corporation (American architectural firm, re-incorporated 1993)
Location:
site: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Location Note:
301 W. 13th St.
Date:
1991-1994 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
convention center
Classification:
architecture
Material:
concrete; steel
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Measurements:
300 ft (height, pylons)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present); mixed-use; tower
Description:
This was an expansion project with significant technical challenges, from the new construction convention space built over a continuously open six-lane freeway (Interstate 670 runs underneath the convention center), to the installation of four, 300-foot (90 m) pylons to support the facility's roof. The result - the largest, column-free convention environment in the world. An aluminum installation, "SkyStation", by artist R.M. Fisher tops each of the four pylons that support the building. The four tall art deco pylons are a highly noticeable fixture in the Kansas City skyline. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
1A1-HNTB-BH-A7
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Bartle Hall Convention Center
