After
taking to the global stage as a finalist for an American Council of
Engineering Cos. worldwide competition, Kansas City's Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts took home the top award, The Kansas City Star reports.
The
award said the center was a gleaming and "architecturally intricate
entertainment complex that features two acoustically tuned performance
halls; a four-story, wide-angled glass wall front facade topped by
slightly concave sloping roofs; and a pioneering tensile structural
support system of encompassing high-strength interior rods. The result
is an exciting new focal point for the region's art and entertainment
community and a dazzling edition to the downtown Kansas City skyline."
The center had been up against engineering achievements like Miami's Marlins Park ballpark and the Lake Champlain Bridge.
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