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BNIM

BNIM (Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell, Inc.) is an architecture and design firm founded in 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri. BNIM’s notable sustainable projects include the Iowa Utilities Board – Office of Consumer Advocate Office Building in Des Moines, IA, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York (Living Building and LEED Platinum), the School of Nursing and Student Community Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (LEED Gold), and the Lewis and Clark State Office Building in Jefferson City, Missouri (LEED Platinum).

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BNIM (Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell, Inc.) is an architecture and design firm founded in 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri. BNIM’s notable sustainable projects include the Iowa Utilities Board – Office of Consumer Advocate Office Building in Des Moines, IA, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York (Living Building and LEED Platinum), the School of Nursing and Student Community Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (LEED Gold), and the Lewis and Clark State Office Building in Jefferson City, Missouri (LEED Platinum).

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1970 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1970". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377615617

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