The American Enterprise Group (AEG) national headquarters is an eight-story office building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The venerable building, designed by SOM?s Gordon Bunshaft, was completed in 1965 and received an AIA Honor Award for Architecture in 1967. In 1966, it was featured in LIFE magazine and deemed ?the talk of the Midwest.?

© Nick Merrick

Architects: BNIM

Location: Des Moines, IA, USA

Architect In Charge: BNIM

Area: 153000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Nick Merrick, Ezra Stoller , Hedrich Blessing

General Contractor: Ryan Companies US, Inc.

Engineer Structural: Charles Saul Engineering
Engineer Mep: Design Engineers

Engineer Civil: Snyder & Associates, Inc.

Lighting Designer: Design Engineers

Photo Credit: Nick Merrick, Hedrich Blessing, Ezra Stoller

© Ezra Stoller

From the architect. The American Enterprise Group (AEG) national headquarters is an eight-story office building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The venerable building, designed by SOM?s Gordon Bunshaft, was completed in 1965 and received an AIA Honor Award for Architecture in 1967. In 1966, it was featured in LIFE magazine and deemed ?the talk of the Midwest.?The project is being considered for the National Register of Historic...