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Aug 29, 2012
BNIM’s Make It Right Playground Debuts at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale
2012 Theme, Common Ground, Creates a Continuity of Diverse Ideas ... more
Announcements, In the news
Jul 19, 2012
10@BNIM presents Michael Brake’s show of works entitled Visceral Pirouette
Michael Brake has a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and has shown in galleries in the area over twenty years. He lives and works in Kansas City. ... more
Press Releases
Jul 11, 2012
BNIM Named in Design Intelligence List of "Professionals of Agility and Responsibility"
BNIM, Bob Berkebile and Rod Kruse named among organizations and individuals that are emerging as leading authorities on sustainability. ... more
Announcements, In the news
Jul 09, 2012
BNIM Announces Newest Leaders
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. —Harold MCalindon ... more
Announcements
Jul 09, 2012
KC Magazine and KC Business Recognize BNIM Among Top, Local Architects at Design Excellence Awards
The prestigious Edward Tanner Award was given to BNIM for the firm's full portfolio of work and lasting impact on Kansas City. ... more
Awards
Jun 07, 2012
Sarah Hirsch wins Kansas City Construction Specifications Institute 2012 Specifications Writer Award
Hirsch is the driving force behind BNIM’s specification writing efforts. ... more
Awards
Jun 06, 2012
Tom Nelson and Bob Berkebile to Participate in "KCI: Past, Present, & Future" Round Table Discussion
On Tuesday, June 28, 2012, The Kanas City Architectural Foundation presents a roundtable discussion on Kansas City International Airport. ... more
Presentations
May 31, 2012
Bob Berkebile and Kathy Achelpohl to teach "Beyond Sustainability" at USC School of Architecture
Beyond Sustainability: Making the Case for Regenerative Design is part of USC’s XED (Executive Education & Professional Development) Course Offerings ... more
Presentations

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Oct 4, 2012
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Crowdsourced Urbanism: How to Leverage Social Media in Design Processes
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How can design professionals best leverage social media and crowdsourcing technologies to enhance their services and design better places for people? Zach Flanders (BNIM), Nick Bowden (MindMixer), and… more

Sep 26, 2012
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BNIM ♥ MS150
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This past weekend, BNIM once again ventured into something new, by entering a team into the Bike MS-Kansas City Ride on September 22nd and 23rd to benefit the National… more

Sep 20, 2012
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SEEDocs: Bancroft School Revitalization
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In February 2012, Dalmark Development Group, Make It Right and BNIM announced that the Bancroft School Development received a Social Economic Environmental… more

Sep 19, 2012
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The Power of Bolender
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Around the firm, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity has been affectionately dubbed "the little project that could." In many ways this name stuck because of… more

Sep 5, 2012
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Connecting from the Heart: One Story of Many
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In a world that would otherwise suggest that business is a cut-throat, well, business, it is always encouraging to hear when the heart of a business is exposed. … more

Jul 10, 2012
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Revitalizing Communities By Design
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This article first appeared on Design Intelligence.

Change happens quickly, or slowly. It happens through purposeful action, and by serendipity. Change can be both productive and destructive.

The myriad changes… more

May 21, 2012
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No One Knows As Much As Everyone
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Collaboration is a key part of BNIM’s culture and practice that initially grew from within and has expanded through the years to define how we work with our clients,… more

May 4, 2012
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Greensburg 5 Years Later
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Five years ago, on the night of May 4, 2007, an EF5 tornado nearly two miles wide ravaged the town of Greensburg, Kansas, resulting in a tragic loss of… more

Apr 12, 2012
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Passive Design as Integrated Design Practice
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The following excerpt is taken from a white paper co-authored by Rod Kruse, FAIA (BNIM), Alfredo Fernández-González (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Ulrike Passe (Iowa State University) and… more

Mar 31, 2012
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Need, Opportunity and Generosity
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Seek out the place where there is a great need. Often in this place we find an absence of design, yet here exists the greatest opportunity.

This provocation has been… more

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