BNIM
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BNIM (Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell, Inc.) is an architecture and design firm founded in 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri.
In December 2010 the American Institute of Architects announced that BNIM was awarded the [American Institute of Architects] | AIA [Firm Award] for advancing the design of sustainable architecture from nearly its inception to today, during which time it has become a preeminent force fundamentally re-shaping the built environment.
The firm’s practice areas include sustainable design and community redevelopment; urban planning and design; educational facilities; campus master planning; civic, state and federal government work; residential; and corporate office spaces.
BNIM’s notable sustainable projects include the Iowa Utilities Board – Office of Consumer Advocate Office Building in [Moines, IA] the Lewis and Clark State Office Building in [City, Missouri] (LEED Platinum), the School of Nursing and Student Community Center at [University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston] (LEED Gold), and the [Center for Sustainable Living] in Rhinebeck, New York (Living Building and LEED Platinum).
Notable Projects
- Greensburg, Kansas master plan following May 2007 Tornado Outbreak devastation[1]
- Kaufmann Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City (Executive Architect for Moshe Safdie)
- Omega Center for Sustainable Living - Omega Institute for Holistic Studies (The OCSL was one of the first two buildings in the world to be certified as "living" by the International Living Building Institute.)
- New Orleans Make It Right [2]
- Nelson-Atkins Museum Bloch Addition (Architect of Record for Steven Holl)[3]
- Union Station (Kansas City) – Science City Addition (in consortium with other architects)[4]
- Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building, Home of The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston [5]
- Fort Osage Education Center[6]
- H. L. Hunley (submarine) Museum, Charleston, South Carolina (in consortium)
- C. K. Choi Building, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (consultant to Matsuzaki Wright Architects Inc.) [7]
- St. Joseph Civic Arena, St. Joseph, Missouri (1980)
History
PBNDML
Two of the principals (Bob Berkebile and Tom Nelson) were members of a joint venture, PBNDML, that designed the Hyatt Regency Crown Center that was site of the 1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.
Architect Edward Larrabee Barnes was the formal master of the hotel. However two local Kansas City firms merged to formally design the hotel include a consortium of R. Bruce Patty, Bob Berkebile and Tom Nelson from (PBN), and Duncan Monroe Lefevre (DML).[8]
Investigation of the accident determined the failure to be the fault of the structural engineer.[9]
PBNI
In 1987, Patty, Berkebile and Nelson formed a new firm with David Immenschuh, known as PBNI Architects. They were to design One Kansas City Place which is the tallest building in Missouri.
BNIM
In 1991, Berkebile, Nelson and Immenschuh were joined by Steve McDowell and became Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell (BNIM).
The firm has offices in Kansas City, Houston, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Los Angeles, California, and San Diego, California.
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ New Orleans: Make It Right : Deep Design, Deep Green
- ^ BNIM Portfolio – Retrieved December 30, 2007
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- ^ Ken Shulman, The Path to Platinum, Metropolis Magazine, December 6, 2006. Retrieved October 2010
- ^ Hyatt Tragedy Raises Questions Of Responsibility – New York Times
- ^ Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse