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This is a dormitory Bill did at Central Mo. I cant seem to find pics of it complete, but it is.

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2012/04/central-missouri-state-university_15.html

Here is another interesting project by Bill Conrad, FAIA. It is the Central Missouri State Student Union done around 1962.

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2012/04/central-missouri-state-university.html

I havent been able to figure out where this one is, but its pretty nice.

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2012/04/lake-house-by-bill-conrad-faia.html

Came accross these design models for the Sunset Hills Church of Christ by Bill Conrad, FAIA. Bill did numerous churches across the region in his long career. I will add more as I find...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2012/04/sunset-hills-church-of-christ.html

Found this news paper vote card for the stadium roof. I am not sure how old this is, it was clipped and in a book I acquired form a Kivett and Myers architects estate many years ago.

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2012/03/found-this-news-paper-vote-card-for.html

Don Drummond built a house designed by Harris Armstrong in Chicago. This was part of the USG research village project built in suburban Chicago. Not sure if any of these homes still exist...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2012/03/drummond-in-chicago.html

As I recall in 2007, Robert McLaughlin and I met with David Runnels daughter, Jill. We collected her remembrances in an oral history. She placed in our safekeeping numerous items including plan...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2012/03/david-runnels-architect-revere-homes.html

We heard this afternoon that the Johnson County Commissioners approved a plan to purchase the old King Louie West site on Metcalf to provide for the first museum in the USA dedicated to Suburbia....

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2011/11/wow-super-news.html

Located near Lake Quivira, this house sitting on twenty acres with a fabulous private lake has been under construction since 1985. Designed by our friend Carl and built by essentially one perso...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2011/11/carl-stenstrom-architect-private.html

Hello KCModernists! Time definitely flies. We haven't posted for some time but we hope to get back in the groove with more regular postings that I hope you will find fun and interesting. Ever sin...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2011/11/wow-time-flies.html

Please join KCMODERN in supporting Kansas City Design Week, February 4-11, 2011. KCMODERN will be planning and executing four great tours featuring Kansas City Design on Saturday, February 5, 201...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2011/01/kansas-city-design-week-february-4-11.html

I was heading to Norman, Oklahoma to see the Bruce Goff- A Creative Mind Exhibition, more about that later, and was running about an hour early for the Friends of Kebyar (see http://www.friendsof...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/12/bruce-goff-creative-mind-road-trip-part.html

This is your last chance to join us for this one time special presentation of Infinite Space. Infinite Space, a new documentary feature film, traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/11/tonight-infinite-space-architecture-of.html

I'm late in getting this post up! I thought I would show some random photos of the Marcel Breuer designed house we had on tour recently. Built in 1954 and still owned by the original owner this...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/10/marcel-breuer-house-tour-and-martini.html

It is time to purchase your tickets for part 2 of the REEL Design Film Series. KCMODERN has teamed up with the AIA Kansas City, AIGA – Kansas City, Kansas City APA as part of the Kansas City ...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/10/infinite-space-architecture-of-john.html

Click here to register for October 7, 2010 - Typeface

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/10/last-call-for-typeface-movie-reel.html

KCMODERN has teamed up with the AIA Kansas City, AIGA – Kansas City, Kansas City APA as part of the Kansas City Design Alliance to plan a great series of films. October 7, 2010 - Typeface Ty...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/10/mark-your-calendars-for-reel-design.html

Typeface focuses on a rural Midwestern museum and print shop where international artists meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique....

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/10/reel-design-film-series-presents.html

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/09/join-us.html

This home was designed by Roger Wilken, Architect and with certain adjustments suggested, built by Bob Wendt. This pin-wheel plan featured great indoor/outdoor views and multiple patios, with "j...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/09/bob-wendt-house-designerbuilder-part-2.html

Robert Edward Wendt was born in Herington, Ks, 1924. After graduating high school he enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1941 after bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served mostly on the island of Guam ...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/08/bob-wendt-house-designerbuilder-part-1.html

Speaking of magazines, I found this one in a pile of stuff I saved. It featured a neighborhood tour and get together we had in 1991...it was the first effort to tour and promote the houses of N...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/08/kansas-city-homes-and-gardens.html

A friend gave me some "magazines" he found while cleaning out his wife's grandmother's house, as it turned out it was a small stack of promotional real estate magazines called The Perfect Home ...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/08/perfect-home-real-estate-brochures-from.html

KCMODERN's favorite one hour drama series starts their fourth season this Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 9:00 PM central time. Be sure to watch and if you miss the first episode check the AMC Website...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/07/season-4-of-mad-men-starts-this-week.html

Steven Holl's Bloch Addition to Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Art Museum just made Vanity Fair's list of of the 21 best structures built in the last 30 years! Vanity Fair asked 52 "experts" t...

http://kcmodern.blogspot.com/2010/07/kansas-city-modern-icon-ranks-18.html