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MLB's Athletics planned stadium in Las Vegas. Rendering courtesy HNTB
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Photo courtesy Design Collaborative
Kevin Scully, AIA, NCARB, Partner and Senior Architect at Design Collaborative, explores how aligning purpose with process leads to spaces that not only look great but drive culture...
Oct. 6, 2025
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Higher education can no longer rely on once-a-decade master plans. CannonDesign's Kushan Dave and Frances Fox outline how AI-driven tools and real-time data can enable a culture...
Oct. 3, 2025
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Photo courtesy BWBR
BWBR’s Principal and Director Melanie Baumhover, AIA, explores the diverse architectural, interior, and programmatic needs across the mental health care spectrum, arguing that...
Oct. 2, 2025
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The Arcadia Flats study lounge at Western Michigan University features study pods with an abundance of outlets and bright design colors
Stantec Principal Amy Holzle explores how Generation Alpha will reshape higher education design, from inclusive spaces to tech-driven learning.
Sept. 29, 2025

Giants 400 Rankings

Pictured: Reggie Smith Softball Facility & Field at the University of San Diego. Photo: © Pink Media Productions, courtesy Level 10 Construction
Pictured: Reggie Smith Softball Facility & Field at the University of San Diego. Photo: © Pink Media Productions, courtesy Level 10 Construction
Turner Construction, AECOM, Gilbane Building Company, Barton Malow Holdings, Whiting-Turner Contracting, Manhattan Construction Group, PCL Construction Enterprises, JE Dunn Construction...
Oct. 2, 2025
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Image by sandler482 from Pixabay
ME Engineers, Walter P Moore, Thornton Tomasetti, Henderson Engineers, LANGAN, Smith Seckman Reid, Kimley-Horn, and IMEG top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation...
Oct. 2, 2025
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Kimley-Horn, AECOM, WSP, LANGAN, Salas O'Brien, EXP, Thornton Tomasetti, and DeSimone Consulting Engineering top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest...
Oct. 1, 2025
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Arcadis North America, Stantec, Gensler, KTGY, Perkins Eastman, AO, Niles Bolton Associates, Perkins&Will, and Hord Coplan Macht top Building Design+Construction's ranking of ...
Sept. 30, 2025

Multifamily Pro+

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Image by antmoreton from Pixabay
President Donald Trump last week ordered significant new tariffs on wood and wood products, including imported lumber, timber, kitchen cabinets, and upholstered furniture.
Oct. 6, 2025
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The DBolt Touch is a smart locking solution that gives multifamily property owners and managers the ability to easily upgrade from mechanical deadbolts. 
Oct. 3, 2025
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Colorful row houses along a residential street in Baltimore with painted brick and formstone facades and marble stoops.
Three jurisdictions—Maryland, Chicago, and San Francisco—recently took steps to ease regulations on housing construction.
Oct. 1, 2025
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Longwood Row, Boston, Mass.
Boston-based firm Hacin explores how thoughtful design elements—scale, context, community, and livability—can transform multifamily housing into connected urban communities.
Sept. 26, 2025

Healthcare Facilities

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The Cassetty Architects architectural team, now part of Goodwyn Mills Cawood
GMC's acquisition of Cassetty Architects marks a significant expansion of its healthcare division, combining decades of design excellence with specialized hospital architecture...
Sept. 24, 2025
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Patient satisfaction is driving heallthcare design and services.
Healthcare’s proximity to its consumers is a big factor in their provider selections.
Sept. 16, 2025
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As hospitals begin to adopt artificial intelligence, HOK’s healthcare architects envision a future where technology creates more opportunities for human connection between caregivers...
Sept. 15, 2025
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Healthcare facilities design
Brian Zabloudil, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal at BWBR, highlights how comprehensive strategic healthcare facility planning enables health systems to optimize growth, efficiency...
Sept. 2, 2025

Education Facilities

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See which major U.S. universities lead in off-campus student housing preleasing for fall 2025, from high-demand college towns to rising rents per bed.
Sept. 22, 2025
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From classrooms to green spaces, every part of campus can nurture student well-being. See how holistic design empowers higher education institutions to support the whole student...
Sept. 10, 2025
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An aerial view of the under-construction high school in Beaverton, Ore., which this town's school district is touting as a K-12 model for resilient design.
The 300,000-plus-sf building will be resilient and future ready
Sept. 5, 2025
4Roots, Orlando, Fla. Photo: Chad Baumer, courtesy Little
4Roots, Orlando, Fla. Photo: Chad Baumer, courtesy Little
Outdoor classrooms immerse students in the living world, turning everyday moments into meaningful learning.
Sept. 5, 2025

AEC Tech Innovation

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From prescriptive prompts to human checkpoints, AI is transforming how AEC professionals work. Learn the five actionable strategies for surviving—and leading—in this new digital...
Oct. 6, 2025
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Courtesy Virginia Tech
Type II helmets reduce injury risk significantly.
Sept. 30, 2025
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Courtesy Perkins Eastman
The design giant made a major push to standardize performance modeling in 2024.
Sept. 25, 2025
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Image by Anand Thakur from Pixabay
Cholesteric liquid crystal layers aid in electric generation without loss of clarity, according to Science Daily.
Sept. 25, 2025

Office+Workplace

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Adaptive office design creates flexible, multifunctional workplaces that boost productivity, support hybrid work, and enhance employee well-being through dynamic spaces and biophilic...
Sept. 22, 2025
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New research from DLR Group reveals how workplace design impacts collaboration, focus, and wellbeing—insights shaping the future of offices across the U.S.
Sept. 19, 2025
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NBBJ leaders explore the elusive eternal life of buildings—offices, to be exact—and how embracing their relatively short-lived nature can contribute to their longevity.
Sept. 15, 2025
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Biophilic design elements and expansive windows provide nearly every employee with access to natural light and exterior views, fostering wellness and a connection to nature
From flexible collaboration spaces to healthy materials, SWBR’s new headquarters showcases sustainable office design in Upstate New York.
Aug. 29, 2025

Cultural Facilities

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Photo courtesy IMEG Corp.
Through innovative design and strategic planning, the Milne Library retrofit reduced energy use by 23%, cut greenhouse gas emissions by 75%, and was completed under budget, setting...
Sept. 24, 2025
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The outdoor space of the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has been wired to accommodate A/V presentations and other kinds of theatrical performances
In New York City, the Whitney Museum of American Art showcases how innovative façade and terrace design transforms museum exteriors into dynamic outdoor galleries visible from...
Sept. 3, 2025
Cedar Park Public Library, Cedar Park, Texas. Photo: Robert Gomez, courtesy Lake Flato
Cedar Park Public Library, Cedar Park, Texas. Photo: Robert Gomez, courtesy Lake Flato
Designed by Lake Flato, the $40 million Cedar Park Public Library is divided into two wings, one for younger visitors and the other for the adult collection and quiet reading ...
July 23, 2025
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Photo courtesy GWWO
By fulfilling the role of a community hub, museums can strengthen their own long-term viability while enhancing their missions to educate people and to contextualize and document...
June 25, 2025

Retail Buildings

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Cape Coral Grove Town Center is a vibrant mixed-use project that will welcome retail shops and restaurants, boutique hotels and parks, and fresh opportunities for community programming in Cape Coral, Fla.
From premium technological experiences to “eatertainment,” these social hubs are seeing a shift that caters to the young and the lonely.
Aug. 22, 2025
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As consumers continue to navigate a world shaped by economic instability, political uncertainty, and post-pandemic fatigue, one thing is clear: the role of retail is shifting....
Aug. 8, 2025
LuLa Light Mall, Chengdu, China. Image: © MVRDV
LuLa Light Mall, Chengdu, China. Image: © MVRDV
MVRDV’s design for LuLa Light Mall, a largely open-air shopping center under construction in the developing Luxelakes Eco-City district of Chengdu, China, will be formed by a ...
June 30, 2025
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Image by Pexels from Pixabay
Parkway Construction, Holt Construction, Shawmut Design and Construction, Swinerton, CM&B, Rycon Construction, and Balfour Beatty US top Building Design+Construction's ranking...
May 20, 2025

Hotel Facilities

Courtesy HKS
Courtesy HKS
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
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
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
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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Photo courtesy RDG Planning & Design
The rise of women's sports represents a culture-shifting movement that's redefining the landscape of athletics. Designers have the chance to create the kinds of interstitial, ...
Aug. 18, 2025
Rendering: Related Midwest and Gensler
Rendering: Related Midwest and Gensler
Gensler’s design for the riverfront stadium draws inspiration from the city’s historic warehouses.
July 8, 2025
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Courtesy Populous
The acquisition significantly broadens the scope and scale of services that Populous can offer clients across the globe.
June 11, 2025
RODE Architects
The front area of The FIeldhouse+ will include a cafe and terraced seating.
The Fieldhouse+ will serve kids in Dorchester
May 12, 2025

Airport Facilities

Long Beach Airport renovation. Photo courtesy Studio One Eleven
Long Beach Airport renovation. Photo courtesy Studio One Eleven
The airport's resort-like ambiance includes connection of indoor and outdoor spaces.
Aug. 22, 2025
O’Hare Breaks Ground on Concourse D. © City of Chicago
O’Hare Breaks Ground on Concourse D. © City of Chicago
The $1.3 billion Concourse D reimagines the passenger experience from curbside arrival to the aircraft gates.
Aug. 21, 2025
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Photo courtesy HOK
HOK’s Matt Needham and Ana-Maria Drughi share how to curate the airport experience for all.
Aug. 13, 2025
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Courtesy Gresham Smith
Rising traveler volumes, advances in technology, and wellness preferences are project drivers.
June 11, 2025