Carey Nagle
FAIA LEED AP BD+CPrincipal, Architecture
Education + Cultural Market Sector Co-Leader
Carey Nagle is a Principal in BNIM’s Des Moines office who is a proven leader in the realm of high-performance design excellence. His leadership, characterized by humility, integrity, and dedication to delivering the best possible design outcomes, has transformed architectural practice at BNIM and across the U.S. He is a holistic practitioner with a broad range of notable project experience consisting of museums and cultural facilities, higher education projects, office buildings, adaptive reuse and modernist preservation. Carey has held an integral role on a number of innovative projects at BNIM, which have been recognized nationally and internationally. This includes the 2016 AIA Honor Award for the renovation of the American Enterprise Group National Headquarters, the 2014 COTE Top Ten + Green Building Award for the Iowa Utilities Board and Office of Consumer Advocate, and the 2024 International Architecture Award for the Stanley Museum of Art from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and European Centre for Architecture Art.
Select Experience
- Stanley Museum of ArtUniversity of IowaIowa City, Iowa
- Las Vegas Downtown Civic Center Building and PlazaLas Vegas, Nevada
- Tom and Ruth Harkin CenterDrake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa
- Charity Hospital RedevelopmentNew Orleans, Louisiana
- Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and SciencesUniversity of IowaIowa City, Iowa
- Psychological and Brain Sciences BuildingUniversity of IowaIowa City, Iowa
- College of Nursing Building ModificationsUniversity of IowaIowa City, Iowa
- Iowa Utilities Board - Office of Consumer AdvocateDes Moines, Iowa
- Lutheran Church of Hope - Johnston GrimesGrimes, Iowa
- American Enterprise Group - National HQ RenovationDes Moines, Iowa
- PCC Research and Development BuildingSan Diego, California
- Troxel Hall AuditoriumIowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa
Education
Bachelor of Architecture
Iowa State University
Registrations
Registered Architect: IA, NV
LEED Professional BD+C
Activities
Architectural Advisory Board
Iowa State University
Department of Architecture
Urban Design Review Board
The City of Des Moines
Media
News
- Carey Nagle Keynotes at the '23 AIA LA Conference on Architecture: Seeking Transformation and Holistic Resilience
- Carey Nagle Participates in a Panel Discussion at the ULI Emerging Trends Conference
- Carey Nagle participates in panel discussion at Design Colloquium
- BNIM Presents a Case Study of the UI Stanley Museum of Art
- 'Rectilinear Solidity / Interconnected Voids' by Carey Nagle
- Stanley Museum of Art Featured as Cover Story for Architectural Products Magazine