an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message 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 architecture firm award for advancing the design of sustainable architecture over the past three decades . 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 des moines ia 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 jefferson city missouri leed platinum . contents 1 notable projects 2 history 3 references 4 external links notable projects edit greensburg kansas master plan following may 2007 tornado outbreak devastation 1 kaufmann 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 nelson atkins museum bloch addition kansas city mo architect of record for steven holl 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 fort osage education center sibley mo h. l. hunley submarine museum charleston sc in consortium union station kansas city science city addition in consortium with other architects c. k. choi building university of british columbia vancouver bc canada consultant to matsuzaki wright architects inc. 2 st. joseph civic arena st. joseph mo 1980 john f. kennedy center for the performing arts addition architect of record for steven holl 2013 3 history edit 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 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 pbn and duncan monroe lefevre dml . 4 investigation of the accident determined the failure to be the fault of the structural engineer . 5 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 . the firm has offices in kansas city houston texas ; des moines iowa ; los angeles california and san diego california . references edit 1 ken shulman the path to platinum metropolis magazine december 6 2006 . retrieved october 2010 kc firm bnim will help design 100 million expansion of kennedy center . kansascity.com . retrieved 2013 04 05 . hyatt tragedy raises questions of responsibility new york times hyatt regency walkway collapse external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bnim & oldid 705324660 categories architecture firms based in missouricompanies based in kansas city missourihidden categories articles with a promotional tone from january 2011all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 february 2016 at 20 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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