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2025 ASPIRE DESIGN AWARDS JURY
 

 

Carey Nagle, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C - Jury Chair
Principal at BNIM

Carey Nagle is a Principal in BNIM’s Des Moines office. Carey is 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, including the recently completed University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. His projects have been recognized with multiple national awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), including the 2016 AIA Honor Award for the renovation of the American Enterprise Group National Headquarters and the 2014 COTE Top Ten + Green Building Award for the Iowa Utilities Board and Office of Consumer Advocate.

Carey received his Bachelor of Architecture from Iowa State University. He currently serves on the Iowa State University Department of Architecture’s Architectural Advisory Committee and The City of Des Moines’ Urban Design Review Board. In 2016, Carey received the AIA National Young Architect Award.