We are proud to announce that our own Nick Lindsley, AIA, has been named a recipient of the 2020 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Young Architects Award. The national award recognizes individuals who have impacted the profession through significant contributions and leadership early in their architectural careers. Nick will be presented with the Young Architects Award this spring at the 2020 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Los Angeles, along with other recipients from around the country. He earned AIA Iowa’s version of the award in 2018. Nick joined Neumann Monson’s Iowa City studio after graduating from Iowa State University in 2009 and has proven himself an accomplished project architect and manager. His work on Park@201, One Place at Riverfront Crossings, and Harrison & Sabin helped transform Iowa City’s downtown area and garnered state and regional awards for design excellence. As a shareholder and leader, he has helped shape our firm’s culture of design, mentorship, and service. Nick’s professional, community, and academic service has raised the profession’s profile and bettered his community. He serves AIA Iowa on the state and local level by contributing to annual conventions, guiding IA Architect magazine, and expanding his local chapter’s visibility. In 2018 he joined AIA Iowa’s Citizen Architect program, meeting with and speaking to state legislators. He has served on the Iowa City Downtown District’s board for the past four years, creating new initiatives and strengthening the District’s relationship with the City Council. Additionally, he has been active in Arts Iowa City, Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity, Run for the Schools, and many other organizations in the greater Iowa City area. Nick’s engagement in the academic arena includes outreach through AIA, Iowa Architectural Foundation, and ACE Mentors. This past fall, he and fellow NM’er Andrew Ballard led a studio at Iowa State University for fifth year undergraduates and third year graduate students focusing on issues of flooding in urban areas. Congratulations to Nick on this well-deserved honor!

Congratulations NM architect Jesse Bulman on being named a Corridor Business Journal Forty Under 40 honoree. For the 15th year running, the CBJ celebrated 40 of the Corridor’s most successful young professionals who have made a significant impact in their business and community. The 40 recipients were selected by a committee of previous honorees.

Neumann Monson Architects was honored with three AIA Central States Region Excellence in Design Awards this October at a celebration in St. Louis, MO. The three awarded projects were entered in the architecture category, of which only nine awards were presented. The awards program honors projects in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma with notable accomplishment and excellent design qualities.

Neumann Monson President, Tim Schroeder, has been named a Corridor Business Journal (CBJ) 2019 COO of the Year Honoree in the for-profit company category of the C-Suite Awards. The CBJ C-Suite Awards program recognizes C-level executives who have made an outstanding contribution to their company’s performance and leadership over the past three years. 10 honorees were selected by the 2018 C-Suite Awards recipients and were recognized at a Sept. 11th awards luncheon.

For a fourth consecutive year, Neumann Monson Architects has been honored with the PSMJ Resources (PSMJ) Premier Award for Client Satisfaction. The selection process is a collaboration between PSMJ and the client relationship improvement experts at Client Savvy and is awarded based on data collected from 280,000 client surveys covering over 300 firms. Firms were selected based on both the quality of feedback received and the quantity of replies.

One University Place has achieved LEED Certification from the United States Green Building Council. The LEED rating system is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance.

By Callah Nelson (Part of AIA National Convention takeaways by NM architects) The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) promotes design practices that enhance design quality and environmental performance. The committee has developed 10 measures to evaluate projects: Integration, Community, Ecology, Water, Economy, Energy, Wellness, Resources, Change, and Discovery. COTE continually refines a cache of resources and strategies to help architects address each measure’s sustainable principles. This is the Top Ten Toolkit.

Neumann Monson Architects (NM) president Tim Schroeder and architect Sally Obernolte shared an update on NM’s client experience initiative at this year’s Client Experience for Professional Services (CXps) conference in Durham, North Carolina, on May 21st. Their presentation titled, “Experiences Drawn on Purpose,” shared the firm’s journey to become outwardly focused, the strategies they used to gain buy-in from their team, and the results they have achieved by leveraging client experience to stay competitive.

Neumann Monson has been named an Outstanding Emerging Professional (EP) Friendly Firm by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Central States Region (CSR), which covers Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

The Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) honored Neumann Monson Principal Kevin Monson, AIA, with the 2018 AIA Iowa Medal of Honor. Kevin was formally recognized during the awards ceremony at the annual AIA Iowa Convention on Thursday, September 20.