BNIM
BNIM is an architecture and design firm founded in 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri.
BNIM’s notable sustainable projects include the Iowa Utilities Board – Office of Consumer Advocate Office Building in Des Moines, IA, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York, the School of Nursing and Student Community Center at The [University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston], and the Lewis and Clark State Office Building in Jefferson City, Missouri.
History
The firm was founded in 1970 in Kansas City, MO as Patty Berkebile Nelson Love Architects by R. Bruce Patty, Robert J. Berkebile, Thompson C. Nelson and William Love. Dating to its early history, the firm is dedicated to strengthening the urban core with projects and the civic involvement of firm members.Two of the principals 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-including a consortium of R. Bruce Patty, Bob Berkebile and Tom Nelson, and Duncan Monroe Lefevre.
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.
Description
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.The firm has offices in Kansas City, Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa; and San Diego, California.
Notable Projects
- Greensburg, Kansas master plan following May 2007 Tornado Outbreak devastation
- Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, MO
- Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, NY
- Make It Right, New Orleans, LA
- Nelson-Atkins Museum Bloch Addition, Kansas City, MO
- The School of Nursing and Student Community Center at The [University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston], Houston, TX
- 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
- Fort Osage Education Center, Sibley, MO
- H. L. Hunley (submarine) Museum, Charleston, SC
- Union Station (Kansas City) – Science City Addition
- C. K. Choi Building, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- St. Joseph Civic Arena, St. Joseph, MO
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts addition 2013
- University of Missouri School of Music, Sinqfied Music Center, Columbia, MO