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Construction begins on Ad Astra Pool in the City of Lenexa

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Bishop Hogan Center at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Kansas City, Missouri

SFS designed a new 18,900 square foot, two-story building expansion for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception’s iconic campus as a new central hub and venue for events. The Bishop Hogan Center features the 300-seat Father Benard Donnelly reception hall/event space with a full catering kitchen, Cathedral parish offices, gift shop, choir rehearsal room, meeting spaces and Morning Glory Emergency Services. A glass bridge joins the new building to the historic Cathedral.

Worship New Construction

Blue Surf Bay Waterpark

Blue Springs, Missouri

A new indoor and outdoor waterpark adjacent to the existing Blue Springs Fieldhouse (also designed by SFS) that will share facilities to save on administrative costs.

Recreation Recreation - Aquatics New Construction

Driven by Connections

SFS Architecture is a full-service architecture, interior design and planning firm founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1973. For over 50 years we’ve stimulated community growth through renovation, expansion, adaptive reuse and new construction building projects across eight markets: academic, civic and state, culture and recreation, federal, justice, private, public safety and worship.

A History of Timeless Design

In 1973, Mike Shaughnessy, Mike Fickel and Bill Scott founded their namesake architectural firm in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Dedicated to the principles of timeless design and exceptional client service, Shaughnessy Fickel and Scott Architects delivered award-winning projects to the academic, civic and state, federal,  justice, public safety, recreation, workplace and worship markets. The firm's first project, The Greenery of Westport (right), won a Design Excellence Award from the American Institute of Architects Kansas City chapter in 1974.