By — Saskia de Melker Saskia de Melker By — Mary Jo Brooks Mary Jo Brooks By — Jeffrey Brown Jeffrey Brown Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/as-jeffrey-brown-reported-on Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Architect Moshe Safdie Uplifts the Skyline and Spirit of Kansas City Arts Oct 14, 2011 5:02 PM EDT As Jeffrey Brown reports on Friday’s PBS NewsHour broadcast, Kansas City recently celebrated the opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The grand, $326 million center will serve as the performing home for the Kansas City Ballet, the Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera. The two concert halls are united by a multi-tiered lobby with a dramatic glass wall that provides sweeping views of the city. On opening night, the Canadian Brass performed a fanfare composed specifically for the event. Here is that piece, along with scenes of the new building. The architect of the Kauffman Center, Moshe Safdie, has three other major projects opening this fall, including the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas and the Khalsa Heritage Centre in Punjab, India. Safdie spoke to Jeffrey Brown about the moral purpose of architecture and the need for a building to reflect the cultural essence of its location. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Saskia de Melker Saskia de Melker By — Mary Jo Brooks Mary Jo Brooks By — Jeffrey Brown Jeffrey Brown In his more than 30-year career with the News Hour, Brown has served as co-anchor, studio moderator, and field reporter on a wide range of national and international issues, with work taking him around the country and to many parts of the globe. As arts correspondent he has profiled many of the world's leading writers, musicians, actors and other artists. Among his signature works at the News Hour: a multi-year series, “Culture at Risk,” about threatened cultural heritage in the United States and abroad; the creation of the NewsHour’s online “Art Beat”; and hosting the monthly book club, “Now Read This,” a collaboration with The New York Times.
As Jeffrey Brown reports on Friday’s PBS NewsHour broadcast, Kansas City recently celebrated the opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The grand, $326 million center will serve as the performing home for the Kansas City Ballet, the Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera. The two concert halls are united by a multi-tiered lobby with a dramatic glass wall that provides sweeping views of the city. On opening night, the Canadian Brass performed a fanfare composed specifically for the event. Here is that piece, along with scenes of the new building. The architect of the Kauffman Center, Moshe Safdie, has three other major projects opening this fall, including the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas and the Khalsa Heritage Centre in Punjab, India. Safdie spoke to Jeffrey Brown about the moral purpose of architecture and the need for a building to reflect the cultural essence of its location. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now