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====Architecture==== [[File:Community Christian Church KCMO.jpg|thumb|[[Community Christian Church (Kansas City, Missouri)|Community Christian Church]] was designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] and is next to the [[Country Club Plaza]].]] {{main|Architecture of Kansas City}} {{further|List of fountains in the Kansas City metropolitan area|List of tallest buildings in Kansas City, Missouri}} The [[Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art]] opened its Euro-Style Bloch addition in 2007, and the Safdie-designed [[Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts]] opened in 2011. The [[Kansas City Power and Light Building|Power and Light Building]] is influenced by the [[Art Deco]] style and sports a glowing sky beacon. The new world headquarters of [[H&R Block]] is a 20-story all-glass oval bathed in a soft green light. The four industrial artworks atop the support towers of the Kansas City Convention Center ([[Bartle Hall Convention Center|Bartle Hall]]) were once the subject of ridicule, but now define the night skyline near the [[T-Mobile Center]] along with [[One Kansas City Place]] (Missouri's tallest office tower), the [[KCTV-Tower]] (Missouri's tallest freestanding structure) and the [[Liberty Memorial]], a World War I memorial and museum that flaunts simulated flames and smoke billowing into the night skyline. It was designated as the [[National World War I Museum and Memorial]] in 2004 by the United States Congress. Kansas City is home to significant national and international architecture firms including ACI Boland, [[BNIM]], [[360 Architecture]], [[HNTB]], [[Populous (architects)|Populous]]. [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] designed two private residences and [[Community Christian Church (Kansas City, Missouri)|Community Christian Church]] there. Kansas City hosts more than 200 working fountains, especially on the Country Club Plaza. Designs range from French-inspired traditional to modern. Highlights include the Black Marble H&R Block fountain in front of Union Station, which features synchronized water jets; the Nichols Bronze Horses at the corner of Main and J.C. Nichols Parkway at the entrance to the Plaza Shopping District; and the fountain at [[Hallmark Cards]] World Headquarters in [[Crown Center]].
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