BNIM (Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell, Inc.) is an architecture and design firm founded in 1970 in

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. BNIM’s notable sustainable projects include the

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– Office of Consumer Advocate Office Building in

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, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York (Living Building and LEED Platinum), the School of Nursing and Student Community Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (LEED Gold), and the Lewis and Clark State Office Building in

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(LEED Platinum).

History

The firm was founded in 1970 in Kansas City, MO as Patty Berkebile Nelson Love Architects (PBNL). Dating to its early history, the firm was dedicated to strengthening the urban core with projects and the civic involvement of firm members. Two of the principals (Bob Berkebile and Tom Nelson) were members of a joint venture, PBNDML, that designed the

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that was site of the 1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse. Architect

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was the formal master of the hotel. However, two local Kansas City firms merged to formally design the hotel, including a consortium of R. Bruce Patty, Bob Berkebile and Tom Nelson (PBN), and Duncan Monroe Lefevre (DML). Investigation of the accident determined the failure to be the fault of the structural engineer. 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. In 1991, Berkebile, Nelson and Immenschuh were joined by Steve McDowell and became Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell (BNIM).

Description

The firm’s practice areas include

sustainable design Environmentally sustainable design (also called environmentally conscious design, eco-design, etc.) is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of ecological sustainability ...

and community redevelopment; urban planning and design; educational facilities; campus master planning; civic, state and federal government work; residential, and corporate office spaces. The firm has offices in

;

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; and

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Notable Projects

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master plan following

May 2007 Tornado Outbreak May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, Ma ...

devastation * Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, MO (Executive Architect for Moshe Safdie) *Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, NY (The OCSL was one of the first two buildings in the world to be certified as "living" by the International Living Building Institute.) *Make It Right, New Orleans, LA *

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Bloch Addition, Kansas City, MO (Architect of Record for

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) *The School of Nursing and Student Community Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX (with Lake, Flato) *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, Houston, TX *

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Education Center, Sibley, MO * H. L. Hunley (submarine) Museum,

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(in consortium) *

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– Science City Addition (in consortium with other architects) * C. K. Choi Building,

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thr ...

, Vancouver, BC, Canada (consultant to Matsuzaki Wright Architects Inc.) * St. Joseph Civic Arena, St. Joseph, MO (1980) *

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potom ...

addition (Architect of Record for

) 2013 *

University of Missouri School of Music The School of Music is an academic division of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Its focus is the study of music, awarding baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees as part of the College of Arts and Science. The institu ...

, Sinqfied Music Center, Columbia, MO (2020)

Awards

* 2010:

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to s ...

Architecture Firm Award

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.bnim.com/ Architecture firms based in Missouri Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri