LifeServe Blood Center Headquarters featured as World-Architects Building of the Week
LifeServe Blood Center Headquarters is featured as Building of the Week on World-Architects. Our BNIM team answered a series of questions sharing unique design features, inspiration, and process behind the award-winning project and new home for LifeServe Blood Center in the community of Johnston, Iowa.
“The LifeServe Blood Center Headquarters in central Iowa was designed by BNIM as a facility that “encourages blood donation as a lifelong habit.” The architects answered a few questions about the project, which was a recipient of the 2025 International Architecture Award presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd.
What makes this project unique?
LifeServe Blood Center Headquarters provides a welcoming new office space, blood donation center, blood center operations and support space, and a 24/7 processing lab that support the organization’s vital work within the community and its mission to save lives, serving more than 170 hospitals across the Midwest region. The new facility positions LifeServe for the future, designed with the flexibility to grow and adapt while strengthening the organization’s local presence in its community of Johnston, Iowa. Generous daylight, transparency, a natural material palette, and intentional connections between employees and community donors create a facility that places LifeServe’s mission on display and encourages blood donation as a lifelong habit.”