sentences:  She is principal of Karen Bausman + Associates, an architecture firm founded in 1995 and located in New York City.Bausman's study of nature's sustainable structures - a bird's nest, for example - and her research into biological composite systems, such as the surface and structure of a rose bloom, underlie her dynamic and widely published building designs.Suggesting unfolding flower petals Performance Theater, which was designed as a hybrid performance venue for Warner Bros. in Los Angeles, replaces a bleak parking lot in the center of its Burbank campus with flexible stage and amphitheater spaces for use by the entertainment community.