The Zhou B Art Center introduces a vibrant new art center in Kansas City’s 18th and Vine Jazz District through the transformative adaptive reuse and stabilization of the historic Crispus Attucks school building, a formerly segregated school in Kansas City in the mid 20th century. On the National Register of Historic Places, the existing building had fallen into disrepair over time, and BNIM worked with renowned artists, the Zhou Brothers, to reflect on its history while bringing renewed purpose for the future. The Zhou Brothers, Shanzuo and Dahuang Zhoushi, founded the first Zhou B Art Center in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood in 2004, and is now expanded to Kansas City as the first offshoot location for a new center. The Zhou B Art Center provides expansive art galleries, a restored auditorium, and 40+ studios for working artists. The school’s existing spaces were reimagined, with former classrooms transformed into artist studios and the original gymnasium and auditorium revived as new galleries and event spaces. The former school playground has been transformed into a sculpture garden and outdoor event space.