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Objective Kite Singleton has been an active leader in the Kansas City community since returning in 1965 from apprenticeship abroad, with a special passion for the growing prosperity of Kansas City's urban center. Recognizing the important role of public transit in the urban center he has traveled extensively to research the subject, written essays, published articles and given public presentations on what he has seen other cities do in using transit to maintain and renew their vigor in the urban center. He is now part of a team of consultants working with citizen leaders to reach consensus on transit investment in Kansas City. In residential development he has produced several proposals in urban neighborhoods and undertaken his own development with new homes in Kansas City's old Westport area.
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Submission booklet for successful transit team |
1999 Sketch of Westport houses in context |
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Civic Activities
Chair, Brownfields Commission, Kansas City, MO 1999-present |
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Publications and Presentations
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American Institute of Architects National Convention, San Diego, CA, 05/09/03
Singleton repeats "An Urban Disease" as part of a panel on Architects as Advocates.Rotary Club 13, Kansas City, MO, 10/17/02 "An Urban Disease", Singleton introduces the disease called Total Automobile Dependency Syndrome, describes how it has devastated the urban centers of U.S. cities and prescribes public transit as the antidote whereby urban centers around the country are overcoming the symptoms.American Institute of Architects Regional/Urban Design Conference, Des Moines, IA, 9/28/02 "Columbus Park; an immigrant's entry into Kansas City", Singleton gives the history of this unique urban neighborhood remnant and describes the process whereby its residents of different ethnicities are reawakening an entrepreneurial spirit that is spawning new life and investment, including his own.The Kansas City Star, 02/05/02 "Plaza area doesn't need help, but downtown does", Singleton opposes further tax breaks in the Country Club Plaza, focusing instead on revitalizing the disinvested downtown and connecting it with high quality public transit to the central business corridor, River Market, Crown Center, Westport and the Plaza.The Kansas City Star, 07/31/01 "If Hired Guns Prevail, It'll Be a Long Wait for Streetcar", Singleton parodies the efforts of light rail opponents, who hired anti-light rail experts to come to town to debunk the light rail plan scheduled for vote 08/07/01.Kansas City Business, 02/01 "Designing Greater Kansas City", Singleton and other architects comment on their favorite buildings and what the future of design holds for Kansas City."Making Connections; Linking Transit Improvements with Neighborhoods" A presentation to the University of Wisconsin Planning and Zoning for Community Land-Use Management program, Charlotte, NC; Madison, WI and Golden, CO, Spring 2000 Singleton exhorts city planning officials to craft a transportation policy in their communities which will give citizens a choice in their transportation mode, rather than the single mode automobile policy so prevalent in U. S. cities today."Urban Architect; Kite Singleton puts his vision for core residential housing to work in KC" by Jim Davis, Kansas City Business Journal, March 17-23, 2000 Davis reports on Singleton's development of two narrow-lot homes in Kansas City's Volker Neighborhood. 
Nicole Hollander's Sylvia comments on the suburban mother's transportation angst, 1995
"'…could you drive my car over a cliff?' Transportation Policy and Liveable Communities" Presentation to the Kentucky State AIA Convention, Covington, KY November 1999 Singleton uses slides from Europe and South America to describe the relationship between transportation policy and urban form."Disinvestment, Devastation, and Dreams in Downtown Detroit" AIArchitect, June 1999 Singleton comments on the turnaround underway in Detroit under the leadership of mayor Dennis Archer and with the plans for consolidation of General Motors at the Renaissance Center."What's happened to KC's Light Rail Plan and why should you care" Presentation to the Women's City Club, Kansas City, MO May 1999 Singleton exhorts this group of concerned women to support the restart of fixed guideway public transit planning in Kansas City."Urban Design and Transportation Systems" Presentation to the Nebraska State AIA Convention, Lincoln, NE, September 1998 Singleton describes the relationship between urban form and transportation systems."Corporate Questionnaire: Would you be willing to pay more for improved public transportation?" Kansas City Business Journal, October 9-15, 1998 Singleton comments on the importance of current efforts in behalf of Kansas City's plans for improved public transportation."Kansas City Reborn" AIArchitect, May 1998 Singleton discusses the proposed Power & Light District's impact on downtown Kansas City"Light Rail Link; Stuttgart has lessons for Kansas City"The Kansas City Star, 23 Nov 1997. Singleton reports on the impact of public transit on the urban center of this beautiful German city."Kansas City in the 21st Century; The Beginning of the End of Transportation as We Know It" New Times, August 22-28, 1996 Singleton reports on transportation/land use relationships in creating urban form."On The Right Track" Ingrams, Fall 1996 Singleton makes a plea for increased public support of light rail plan."A Tale of Two Projects" National Association of Housing Cooperatives, Jan/Feb 1996 Singleton compares successful and unsuccessful public housing projects in Kansas City."Northland: A Kansas City Opportunity" May 1979 Publication of the Kansas City Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team, National AIA program. |
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| 1967 Sketch of monorail concept for downtown Kansas City |
"Public Transit" Skylines, December 1971 Singleton discusses the importance of transit in urban development |
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Essays "How Can We Fix Our Cities?" Singleton discusses urban transportation and disinvestment.
"Do We Need A Housing Policy?" Singleton discusses affordable housing policy in Kansas City.
"Where Do We Go From Here?" Singleton discusses metropolitan governmental cooperation.
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| 1940's photo looking north from 12th and Main | 1990's photo looking north from 12th and Main |
"What Has Happened to Our Cities?"Singleton compares photos of historic and current Kansas City.
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Significant Abend Singleton Associates Projects in Kansas City's Central Business Corridor |
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| View of U.S. Courthouse from Kansas City Hall |
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Charles Evans Whitaker U.S. Courthouse, 400 E. 9th St., Kansas City, MO Jackson County Jail Expansion, 14th & Locust, Kansas City, MO Deloitte Touch Corporate Offices, 1010 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO United Missouri Bank Headquarters, 1010 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO Allied Insurance Adaptive Re-use, 911 Broadway, Kansas City, MO Channel 9 Television Studio & Corporate Offices, 11th & Central, Kansas City, MO Missouri Court of Appeals, 13th & Oak, Kansas City, MO George K. Baum & Co. Corporate Offices, 10th & Baltimore, Kansas City, MO Episcopal Diocesan Center, 14th & Washington, Kansas City, MO Blossom Home Adaptive Re-use, 11th & Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO HAZMAT Fire Station, Truman Rd. & Bennington, Kansas City, MO Jackson County Intense Care Group Homes, 27th & Gillham, Kansas City, MO |
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| View of Liberty Memorial against downtown skyline (Kansas City Star photo) |
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Liberty Memorial Restoration/Expansion, Pershing Rd. & Main St., Kansas City, MO Four Residences, Habitat for Humanity, 29th & Paseo, Kansas City, MO Four Residences, Habitat for Humanity, 33rd & Highland, Kansas City, MO Sixplex Residential Condominium, Armour Blvd. & Charlotte, Kansas City, MO* Westport House Retirement Apartments, 41st & Southwest Trfy., Kansas City, MO Paul Hamilton Building, 44th & Madison, Kansas City, MO Trapp's Flowers, Westport Rd. & Baltimore, Kansas City, MO Medical Plaza/St. Luke's, 4321 Washington, Kansas City, MO Wilson Lube, 1112 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO* New Residence, 1137 W. 41st Terr., Kansas City, MO* New Residence, 1139 W. 41st Terr., Kansas City, MO* St. Paul's Episcopal Day School, 4041 Main St., Kansas City, MO George Washington Carver Elementary School, 4600 Elmwood, Kansas City, MO Swinney Elementary School Renovation, 47th & Holly, Kansas City, MO Mayer Hoffman McCann, CPA, 420 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO Swinney Recreation Center, UMKC, 51st & Holmes, Kansas City, MO Bryant Elementary School Renovation, 57th & Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO Knotts Elementary School, 7301 Jackson, Kansas City, MO Hale Cook Elementary School Renovation, 7302 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO Shalom Plaza Retirement Apartments, 77th & Holmes, Kansas City, MO Jeanne Jugan Nursing Center, 87th & James A. Reed Rd., Kansas City, MO * indicates projects after Kite's departure from Abend Singleton Associates International Studies
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German & French urban transit, Stuttgart, Munich, Berlin, Strasbourg 1997 |
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| Curitiba's rubber tired three-part train has five entrances and carries 270 passengers |
Brazilian & Argentinian urban transit, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Buenos Aires 1998 |
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| Church House, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Kenzo Tange's Swimming Hall, Tokyo |
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Southeast Asia: Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Hong Kong, Japan 1965 English Urban & Campus Design: London and Cambridge 1978 British Castle planning and design, Scotland and Ireland 1982 Spanish Colonial Architecture and urban design, Mexico 1983 Research/photography residency, Fatehpur Sikri, India 1985 Italian architecture & urban design, Rome, Florence, Sienna, Pisa, Pienza, Venice 1986 Moorish architecture and urban design, Morocco and Andalusia 1992 Irish architecture, urban development after the IRA ceasefire (funded) 1995 Professional Registration Missouri (1966), Kansas Professional Activities
American Institute of Architects Advanced to fellowship 1991 President, Kansas City Chapter 1981Kansas State University College of Architecture and Design Adjunct Professor 1995 to presentUniversity of Kansas School of Architecture & Urban Design Advisory Board 1992-2001 Masters' Program Advisory Committee 1988-1989 Masters' Program Instructor, Professional Practice 1998American Planning Association 1973-1996 Employment History
E. Crichton Singleton, FAIA, Inc. 1998-present Education
Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts 1959 Rogers & Butler Internship recipient 1958Washington University (St.Louis), Bachelor of Architecture 1961 Lloyd Warren Fellowship finalist 1961University of Utah, Seismic Design Certificate 1981 Seminars
AIA Regional/Urban Design Conference, Washington, DC 2000 |
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