The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a world-class entertainment facility in Kansas City. The original design was sketched on a napkin by the famous architect, Moshe Safdie, while he was eating dinner. The Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera, and Kansas City Symphony all perform in the Kauffman’s state-of-the-art performance venues, as do many other famous musicians, actors, and dancers. They even have productions where movies like Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean play on a giant screen while the symphony orchestra plays the soundtrack in real life!

• How big was the project? 286,000 square feet
• How much did it cost? $413,000,000