St. Joseph; Shawnee

Sticking with 2018, and continuing on with churches: This is St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shawnee, KS.  Design work for the renovation and expansion done by SFS Architecture.  Beautiful place.

St. Joseph Catholic Church
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The Foundry

Also at the Church of the Resurrection (see preceding post…), and also by GouldEvans is The Foundry.  The multi-purpose worship space occupies COR’s former main building in Leawood, KS, and sits next door to the current one–which you might have seen HERE.

Church of the Resurrection, Foundry Hall
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SCOR

This is my first ever project for a Parisian client!  I did the photography of the Paris-based SCOR’s local offices in Leawood, KS for OOSHOT.  I’ll be opening an office in France soon.  OK maybe not soon.

SCOR
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Camels Roam Manhattan

The other Manhattan, in Kansas—at Shamrock Farm.  Valeri and her Dad Roy gave their four camels their annual Spring brushing and invited Joan and I (and many others) along.  These are wonderful animals with personalities as big as a pyramid.  Everybody should have one.

Shamrock Farm
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St. Joseph Catholic Church, Topeka

St. Joseph Catholic Church is located within the shadow of the capitol building in downtown Topeka.  The masonry and exterior were restored recently and work on the interior is underway, all led by SFS Architecture in Kansas City.  One more good reason to go to Peka.  Get it?  To Peka!

Saint Joseph Catholic Church
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Cats and Dogs

This is exactly the place I’d want want to be if I were a sick puppy.  Bradley Animal Hospital in Lawrence, KS.  Design by Sabatini Architects.

Bradley Animal Hospital
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Tour of Lawrence Schools

These are some recent photos of new school projects in Lawrence, KS by Sabatini Architects. They are: Lawrence High School, Lawrence College and Career Center, and Kennedy Elementary.

Lawrence High School entry adddition
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FHSU Track + Field

This elegant complex is the FHSU Track + Field facility in Hays, Kansas–architecture by GouldEvans.

And I want to address the controversy now before it explodes into an embarrassing scandal: The grass you see in these photos is in fact Liberty, MO grass from the campus of William Jewell College.  And from two years ago.  Thought I’d fess-up because I’m sure somebody will recognize it and go apoplectic on me.  Then the phone starts ringing off the hook and the next thing you know the media are tramping all over my lawn…….

FHSU Track + Field Facility
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Brush

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This is the latest in my ever-expanding Open Series.  One of which–by the way–was included in Fraction Magazine’s 9th anniversary issue.  This pile of former trees was cleared to continue route 171 southward in Kansas as a dual lane highway.