The Kansas City metropolitan area is home to a diverse array of architectural styles. From frontier log cabins, elegant Victorian manors, luxurient high rises, Art Deco design and modern art pieces, Kansas City has it all. For those interested, the following two books are highly recommended.

• The American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art
  by Stacey Million, Jane Mobley (Editor), Tom Bean (Editor), Bryan Gross (Editor), Elizabeth Rosin (Editor), Brad Finch (Photographer)
  
  The original edition was published in 1979 and includes a list of architecture divided up into geographical district with extensive commentary on each. Definitely worth reading. Updated in 2000, it's definitely worth having.
  
  
• Kansas City, Missouri: An Architectural History, 1826-1990
  by George Ehrlich
  
  Granted, this book primarily covers KC, MO architecture, the fact of the matter is that that's where most of the noteworthy architecture is. It has a good section on Kansas City, KS, however, especially in covering the early architecutre of the Westport settlement.