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Namesake

Andy Kuntz walks down the stairs, while marketing specialist Kylie Wright sets up a laptop at an impromptu desk. “You don’t very often find a building that’s 100 years old and not all gummed up with 20 coats of paint,” Kuntz says.

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Reclaimed

The top of the staircase on the third floor looks down on a seating area. The flooring is reclaimed barn wood by Ozarkaeology Inc. and modern red desks splash color along the stairs. Kansas City architect Matthew Hufft created the look.

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Meet Up

Staff can congregate in the cafe for lunch or in the adjacent game room after hours. The space is equipped with a pool table, “Calypso” arcade game and 24-foot Andy’s logo’d shuffleboard table, as well as a six-burner commercial range – “You can cook something, not just microwave,” says Office Manager Beckie Reidle.

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Kuntz’s Corner

The c-suite overlooks Water Street. Kuntz is a fan of collectibles: Kansas City Chiefs-signed footballs, Royals’ World Series memorabilia, Andy’s-sponsored NASCAR pictures and a deer mount. He works at a steel table that was previously in a conference room in the Campbell Avenue office.

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Holey Cow

During 16 months of renovations, construction crews spent a chunk of time cutting out 20-by-30-foot holes in the concrete flooring to open up the planned staircase and to pull natural lighting from the skylight above to the glass-door entry. The effect on the third floor is a seemingly floating cubed conference room from certain vantage points. “We call it the barn,” Kuntz says.

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One Legged

Clients, franchisees, vendors and distributors will convene at this 10-foot single-legged table made with reclaimed wood sourced from Missouri. A steel I-beam secured into the concrete floor bares the weight. “This tree was planted 170 years ago,” Kuntz says.

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Office NV: Andy’s Frozen Custard Home Office

Custard Kings

By: Eric Olson and Wes Hamilton

Posted online December 27, 2017 | 1:30 pm

A long entry staircase gives the illusion one might have to duck to get past a giant frozen custard cone once buzzed in the door and on the way to the front desk at the first landing. Even though the cone is 14 feet tall – and slowly revolving – the suspension from the third-floor ceiling in this former Harry Cooper Supply Co. warehouse leaves more than enough room.

“It came in with a crane,” says co-owner Andy Kuntz. It’s that big – the same size as cones outside certain stores.

Architect and Design: Hufft (Kansas City)