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Pictured: 40 Under 40 Class of 2024 winner Sae Kim, AIA, Principal, CBT Architects
40 Under 40

Call for entries: BD+C's 2025 40 Under 40 competition

The deadline for materials is May 30, 2025. Winners will be featured in the September/October 2025 issue of BD+C, with bonus coverage on BDCnetwork.com.
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This rendering shows how the former CNN Center is likely to be transformed, witih an emphasis of retail and entertainment space on its first floor.
Mixed-Use

CNN’s former headquarters is to be rebranded and renovated as a shopping and dining destination

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Image by Pexels from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 90 Workplace Interior Construction Firms for 2024

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Giants 400

Top 60 Workplace Interior Engineering Firms for 2024

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Giants 400

Top 180 Workplace Interior Architecture Firms for 2024

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Student Housing

From analysis to action: Building a case for student housing

From understanding the demand to financial feasibility, Design Collaborative's Nathan Woods, AIA, NCARB, Partner and Senior Architect, explores how a comprehensive, data-rooted...
March 17, 2025
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AEC Tech

Embracing AI in architectural renderings

By harnessing tools like Midjourney, Diffusion, Veras, and Forma, architects can push the boundaries of creative visualization, delivering compelling images that bring design ...
March 14, 2025
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Photo © Walter P Moore
Adaptive Reuse

Transforming commercial assets to achieve their full potential

Walter P Moore Principals Ashpica Chhabra and Dennis Wittry explore unlocking the maximum value of a building conversion by first understanding its hidden costs.
March 13, 2025
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Clemson University’s Allen N. Reeves Football Operations Complex. Photo © HOK
University Buildings

NIL’s impact on college sports from a funding, facilities, and student-athlete perspective

HOK experts share how Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) is transforming college athletics when it comes to program funding, sports facilities, and the role of student athletes.
March 7, 2025

Giants 400 Rankings

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Giants 400

Top 35 Military Facility Construction Firms for 2024

Hensel Phelps, DPR Construction, The Walsh Group, M.C. Dean, BL Harbert International, and Whiting-Turner Contracting top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation'...
March 10, 2025
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Image by Military_Material from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 40 Military Facility Engineering Firms for 2024

Jacobs, AECOM, Burns & McDonnell, WSP, Salas O'Brien, M.C. Dean, and Stanley Consultants top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest military facility engineering...
March 10, 2025
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Image by Hans from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 50 Military Facility Architecture Firms for 2024

HDR, Michael Baker International, Stantec, RLF Architecture, Whitman, Requardt & Associates, Page, and RS&H top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest ...
March 10, 2025
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Photo: Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 90 Hotel and Resort Construction Firms for 2024

Suffolk Construction, PCL Construction Enterprises, STO Building Group, Swinerton, Balfour Beatty US, and McCarthy Holdings top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation...
March 4, 2025

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Multifamily Housing

Austin rents drop by more than 20% after home building surge

New policies encouraging housing density ease housing shortage.
March 6, 2025
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Affordable Housing

Yardi Matrix focuses on upcoming LIHTC affordability restriction loss

More than half a million U.S. units are set to reach the end of their affordability compliance period by 2038.
March 5, 2025
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Multifamily Housing

California’s pro-housing laws having little impact

Recent legislation not spurring hoped-for construction boom.
March 4, 2025
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Multifamily Housing

Multifamily market to stabilize toward the end of 2025

Supply chain issues and high interest rates are expected to impede the multifamily sector in first half of 2025 before stabilizing later this year, according to economists who...
Feb. 28, 2025

Healthcare Facilities

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Healthcare Facilities

Designing for wellness: Key trends in behavioral health environments

A conversation with Cindy Beckham, Senior Principal and Health Studio Leader, SmithGroup, on the key trends in behavioral health environments.
March 3, 2025
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By integrating AI into MHCs, clinics are becoming smarter, more efficient, and better equipped to address health disparities. Image © Gresham Smith
Healthcare Facilities

The role of AI and mobile health clinics in expanding access to care

Modular interiors, resource optimization, and AI-powered planning tools enable MHCs to evolve alongside the communities they serve.
Feb. 19, 2025
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Top 70 Medical Office Building Construction Firms for 2024

PCL Construction Enterprises, Clark Group, Lendlease, Swinerton, Choate Construction, and CG Schmidt top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest medical...
Feb. 18, 2025
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Giants 400

Top 60 Medical Office Building Engineering Firms for 2024

Jacobs, Salas O'Brien, IMEG, KPFF Consulting Engineers, RMF Engineering, and Specialized Engineering Solutions top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest...
Feb. 18, 2025

Education Facilities

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Education Facilities

7 reasons to decarbonize K-12 and higher education buildings

By choosing lower-carbon materials, educational leaders can shrink their operational and embodied carbon footprint, create healthier spaces, and free up money in the budget to...
Feb. 21, 2025
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Legislation

FEMA to stop enforcing rules to protect public buildings in flood zones

Policy may be in violation of federal law.
Feb. 18, 2025
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Adaptive Reuse

Adaptive reuse of 1900s-era school has grand reopening as co-working space

Federal funding and historic tax credits helped transform a vacant school into co-working space to drive economic development.
Feb. 12, 2025
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Higher Education

Campus forward: Key drivers shaping the future of higher education

To create thriving spaces, we must continually understand the forces that shape their use
Jan. 23, 2025

AEC Tech Innovation

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AEC Tech

Robot that performs multiple tasks could be aid for construction labor woes

Italian researchers test robot that drills walls, sprays insulation, sands, and helps move heavy materials.
March 4, 2025
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3D Printing

Researchers test plant-based fibers to improve 3D-printed concrete

Additive enhances flowability and strength of composite materials.
Feb. 24, 2025
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3D Printing

Army builds first 3D-printed barracks

The Fort Bliss, Texas, barracks become the largest 3D-printed structures in the Western Hemisphere.
Feb. 19, 2025
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The project features 27 unique canyons made from over 20,000 3D-printed parts created with 35 3D printers
3D Printing

DA BUREAU unveils the 'world's largest 3D-printed restaurant interior'

The architecture studio debuts with the "world’s largest 3D-printed interior" elements, highlighting a sustainable design that transforms recycled plastic into canyon-like formations...
Feb. 4, 2025

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Office Buildings

GSA launches app to help federal agencies find available office space

Connects agencies that need workspace with those that have extra seats.
March 7, 2025
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Office Buildings

Office market emphasizes novelty, wellness in 2025

The office building sector enters 2025 on a low note, but firms are adapting to meet what little demand remains amidst rising vacancy rates.
Feb. 28, 2025
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Office Buildings

How an amenity strategy can attract the workforce you need

As you craft an amenities strategy, here are five design ideas to consider that reflect how the "work to live" mentality drives the next generation workplace.
Feb. 26, 2025
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Office Buildings

Achieving 'eudaimonia' in the office: Designing spaces for flourishing

The Eudaimonia Machine aims to design spaces that facilitate this state of flow, allowing individuals to immerse themselves in their work.
Feb. 17, 2025

Cultural Facilities

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Photo: Tom Holdsworth, courtesy GWWO Architects
Cultural Facilities

Visitor center at Niagara Falls has expanded exhibition and community spaces

The sustainably designed, all-electric center’s expansive glass facade maximizes views.
March 11, 2025
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Courtesy Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 60 Cultural Facility Construction Firms for 2024

Clark Group, Turner Construction, Whiting-Turner Contracting, Gilbane Building Company, Alberici-Flintco, and Holder Construction top Building Design+Construction's ranking of...
Jan. 6, 2025
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Image by wal_172619 from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 50 Cultural Facility Engineering Firms for 2024

AECOM, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Arup, Thornton Tomasetti, WSP, and Tetra Tech High Performance Buildings Group head Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest...
Jan. 6, 2025
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Image by Ichigo121212 from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 100 Cultural Facility Architecture Firms for 2024

Populous, Gensler, Page, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, HGA, and Quinn Evans top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest cultural facilities sector architecture...
Jan. 6, 2025

Retail Buildings

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Graphite’s Retail and Brand Experience Studio 6B has published its first annual Consumer Insights & Retail Futures Report
Retail Centers

Consumer trends shaping retail design in 2025 and beyond

Consumers have emerged from the past few tumultuous years with re-evaluated priorities and re-established values—self, community, sustainability, and an openness to leveraging...
March 5, 2025
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Dink & Dine is a “sportstainment” venue that combines culinary offerings with indoor and outdoor pickleball courts. Rendering courtesy AO
Retail Centers

The future of the mall and lifestyle center

Today’s consumers want more than shopping malls. They seek destinations that blend retail, dining, and entertainment.
March 3, 2025
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Breakthrough Properties' Torrey View development in San Diego, Calif. Photo: © Jason O'Rear, courtesy Flad Architects
Giants 400

2024 Giants 400 Report: Ranking the nation's largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms

A record-high 602 AEC firms submitted data for BD+C's 2024 Giants 400 Report. The final report includes 137 rankings across 25 building sectors and specialty categories.
Dec. 17, 2024
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Retail Centers

Housing on mall properties continues to grow in popularity

The fastest growing use of repurposed mall spaces is apartment complexes.
Dec. 17, 2024

Hotel Facilities

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Courtesy HKS
Adaptive Reuse

Historic Salt Lake City Union Pacific Railroad Station transformed into luxury hotel

The original 48,500-sf Union Pacific Depot, built in 1908, was meticulously preserved, honoring the station’s historical significance while introducing a new eight-story guestroom...
Jan. 13, 2025
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Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 80 Hospitality Facility Construction Firms for 2024

Suffolk Construction, PCL Construction Enterprises, Swinerton, Whiting-Turner Contracting, and STO Building Group top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest...
Dec. 18, 2024
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Image by StockSnap from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 70 Hospitality Facility Engineering Firms for 2024

AECOM, Jacobs, EXP, IMEG, Kimley-Horn, and Langan top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest hospitality facilities sector engineering and engineering/...
Dec. 18, 2024
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Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 120 Hospitality Facility Architecture Firms for 2024

Gensler, HKS, WATG, DLR Group, Cooper Carry and JCJ Architecture top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest hospitality facilities sector architecture ...
Dec. 18, 2024

Sports Facilities

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Top 50 Sports Facility Construction Firms for 2024

Turner Construction, JE Dunn Construction, Gilbane Building Company, PCL Construction Enterprises, and Whiting-Turner Contracting head Building Design+Construction's ranking of...
Dec. 20, 2024
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Image by Pexels from Pixabay
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Top 60 Sports Facility Engineering Firms for 2024

Alfa Tech, ME Engineers, AECOM, Coffman Engineers, and Thornton Tomasetti head Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest sports facility engineering and engineering...
Dec. 20, 2024
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Image by Alexander Fox | PlaNet Fox from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 120 Sports Facility Architecture Firms for 2024

Populous, Gensler, HOK, Perkins&Will, and HNTB Corp. head Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest sports facility architecture and architecture/engineering...
Dec. 20, 2024
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The 25,000-seat Etihad Park will be Major League Soccer's first all-electric stadium. Image credit: HOK
Sports and Recreational Facilities

New York City’s first soccer-only stadium breaks ground

The 25,000-sf Etihad Park is a centerpiece for a larger redevelopment plan.
Dec. 10, 2024

Airport Facilities

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Giants 400

Top 60 Airport Facility Construction Firms for 2024

Hensel Phelps, Turner Construction, Holder Construction, The Walsh Group, Clark Group, and ARCO Construction Companies top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation...
Jan. 2, 2025
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Image by Gerald Friedrich from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 70 Airport Facility Engineering Firms for 2024

AECOM, Jacobs, Burns & McDonnell, Arup, Mead & Hunt, and WSP head Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest airport terminal and airport facilities engineering...
Jan. 2, 2025
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Image by Time from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 70 Airport Facility Architecture Firms for 2024

Gensler, Corgan, PGAL, HOK, HNTB, and Page top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest airport terminal and airport facilities architecture and architecture...
Jan. 2, 2025
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SLC International Airport exterior at sunset
Airports

5 lessons learned from designing Salt Lake City’s new aviation hub

HOK’s Matt Needham, Alan Bright, and Claire Moore joined Salt Lake City International Airport’s Mike Williams to discuss SLC’s Terminal Redevelopment Program.
Jan. 2, 2025