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Oct 01, 2010
Omega Center for Sustainable Living Hopes to Receive Most Advanced Green Building Rating in the World
Living Building Challenge™ certification review process will be complete by month’s end ... more
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Sep 23, 2010
Iowa Utilities Board and Office of Consumer Advocate will Model Energy Efficiency
IUB is featured in the Des Moines Business Record ... more
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Sep 16, 2010
Kathy Achelpohl and Steve McDowell to Present at AASHE Conference October 11
The Presentation will talk about Chatham University's Eden Hall Campus as a Laboratory for 21st Century Climate Positive Living ... more
Presentations
Sep 16, 2010
Bob Berkebile and Laura Lesniewski to Speak at Omega’s Annual Conference on Sustainable Design
Design by Nature: Creative Solutions With Biomimicry, Permaculture & Sustainable Design will occur October 15-17, 2010 ... more
Presentations
Sep 16, 2010
Downtown Area Plan Receives Two Awards
Greater Downtown Area Plan has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the "Outstanding Plan" award ... more
Awards
Aug 12, 2010
Oh My, Omega! in GreenSource
Omega is in the July+August issue of GreenSource ... more
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Aug 08, 2010
BNIM shortlisted for Edmonton Airport Redevelopment Design Competition
BNIM shortlisted for Edmonton Airport Redevelopment Competition ... more
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Jul 29, 2010
BNIM on the G-List
Lance Hosey's Survey to identify "the five most-important green buildings since 1980" ... more
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Jan 14, 2013
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Ada Louise Huxtable
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It was a poignant coincidence that last week, as BNIM learned of the 2013 AIA Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture for the Todd Bolender… more

Dec 19, 2012
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BNIM 2012 High(light)s
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Forty-two years ago, or even ten years ago, BNIM never imagined celebrating the achievements we and our peers and clients have experienced this year. With you, we are on… more

Dec 19, 2012
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Spaces In-between
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At BNIM, art is not a side interest. It is part of the firm’s DNA.

Architecture, in its charge to deliver both beauty and function, resides in that interstitial realm… more

Dec 12, 2012
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BNIM's Eight AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
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We are proud to announce that BNIM Principal, Rod Kruse, FAIA has been selected to serve on the prestigious National Jury of the the American Instititue of Architects Committee… more

Dec 12, 2012
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Paul Potash Art Opening at +1@BNIM
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BNIM would like to introduce +1@BNIM, our inhouse art gallery. Continuing BNIM’s long commitment to our local arts communities, +1@BNIM aspires to become an integral participant in the San… more

Nov 30, 2012
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The Introduction that Raised the Bar on Introductions
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The lecture by Tsien and Williams tonight was very special. But I have always thought their work was extraordinary. Actually that was central to their presentation; that they… more

Nov 5, 2012
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Bio-retention Rain Water Treatment – Technical Design Issues
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Bio-retention rainwater treatment facilities are commonly included in projects, but do they work and what are the most common design errors?

At the 2012 American Society of Landscape Architecture National… more

Oct 30, 2012
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USA Today Story on LEED was Frank but Misleading
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After an hour with Tom Frank I knew that his Special Report in USA Today last week would probably not be consistent with my view of the US Green… more

Oct 17, 2012
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Asilong CHM Secondary School: Another Story from Kenya
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image above: typical Pokot landscape

A Transformational and Educational Center for regional Pokot North within the greater Asilong area.

This was the vision that was shared with us a little… more

Oct 4, 2012
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Better Block KC – First Friday Event, October 5
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BNIM staffers have been working hard over the past several months helping the Downtown Neighborhood Association to organize a Better Block KC event to transform one block of Grand… more

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