We deliver beautiful, integrated, living environments that inspire change and enhance the human condition.
We deliver beautiful, integrated, living environments that inspire change and enhance the human condition.
Lutheran Church of Hope – Ankeny is a place of visual and spiritual sanctuary within a rapidly expanding community. The pure white form contrasts the earth tones of the residential and mixed-use context. Inside, a gathering wall serves as an organizing element which grows from the chapel and increases in porosity to provide views to and from the worship environment.
In 2012, BNIM was selected to design an addition and renovation for the the Des Moines Community Playhouse, a beloved pillar in Des Moines' cultural community since 1919. The renovated facility will provide a new education wing with classrooms designed to accommodate expected education program growth, a renovated 400-seat Mainstage theatre, additional costume and properties storage, new dressing rooms, administrative offices, green rooms that multi-task as classrooms, updated mechanics and additional parking. Several tenets shaped the design, including the client's commitment to sustainability and building performance, enriched visitor experience, user comfort, and longevity of the Playhouse.
Sometimes the universe conspires to present a course of action that is so obviously synergistic that it cannot be ignored. BNIM’s engagement with Human-Centered Design is one such occurrence. Synergistic because it ultimately led to the opening of a Youth Enrichment Center in one of Des Moines most underserved
Shawn is a Principal and the Director of BNIM’s Los Angeles office. He is a recognized design and thought leader known for cultivating a “culture of curiosity and collaboration” with his clients and teams. As a member of BNIM’s Executive Committee, his firm wide responsibilities include accelerating design thinking, driving business performance and promoting transformative ideas across multiple offices.
As a recognized design leader, Shawn is responsible for establishing the design direction on projects within the Los Angeles office using a design ethos that ties research and disruptive ideas to design performance and large-scale, positive change for clients of all types.
His diverse experience, which includes work for technology, creative workplace, education, and mixed-use clients, as well as ongoing academic partnerships with many of the industry’s most notable institutions, has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and featured in numerous publications and design journals.
BNIM took home four distinct awards in the 2015 Monsters of Design Awards, including the People’s Choice award for which the public voted on the night of the event.
Kansas State University will break ground Friday, Sept. 4, on a $75 million revitalization and expansion of Seaton Hall. BNIM is designing the project with Ennead Architects. The 100-year-old building is home to the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, or APDesign. The public is invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. on the east side of Seaton Hall. The project will be funded by $60 million in state bonds, $15 million in private gifts and student fees. The 194,000-square-foot project will be done by the start of fall classes in 2017.
Steve McDowell is presenting at Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)'s 50th Annual Conference in Chicago. His session, titled "Reimagining the Research Library " features the Price Gilbert - Crosland Tower Renewal at Georgia Institute of Technology. The transformation of the library is founded on changes in the way that students and faculty currently use the library, as well as trends in library utilization across the United States.
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