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Top building products for March 2025

Carnegie Xorel on Skyfold, AirJet Shower Drying System, and the DensDeck portfolio are some of the top building products featured this month.
Cove Architecture
A rendering of the Ralph David Abernathy Row Houses in Atlanta, which Cove Architecture designed in 15 days. The multifamily project includes 15 row houses, with each unit outfitted with smart home technologies and sustainability features.
AEC Tech Innovation

Atlanta consultant launches AI-powered architecture practice

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Photo: Pixabay
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Top 50 Museum Construction Firms for 2024

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Image by just-pics from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 80 Museum Architecture Firms for 2024

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Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 25 Casino Construction Firms for 2024

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Photo courtesy DLR Group
Higher Education

A new level of design excellence in student-athlete development

With the introduction of Name, Image, and Likeness, and the advent of the Transfer Portal, how are colleges and universities adapting to the paradigm shifts with collegiate athletics...
March 31, 2025
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The new St. John's University, St. Vincent Health Sciences Center opened in fall 2024. Photo courtesy CannonDesign
Healthcare Facilities

Health education spaces are supporting whole student health

Medical training is shifting further towards real-world settings, deeper clinical partnerships with industry and affiliates, and focusing on whole-student health. To stay relevant...
March 28, 2025
Courtesy BWBR
Courtesy BWBR
Laboratories

8 lab design strategies for your unique priorities

Nate Roisen, AIA, Principal, Sci + Tech Practice Leader, BWBR, shares eight trends shaping laboratory design.
March 26, 2025
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Server units in cloud service data center showing flickering light indicators for massive data connection bandwidth, close up shot
Data Centers

Optimizing the design of data center utilities

Stantec Principal and Senior Project Technical Lead, Amanda Carter, shares how the Neher-McGrath Equation can inform underground installation for data centers.
March 24, 2025

Giants 400 Rankings

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Image by Pexels from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 50 Museum Engineering Firms for 2024

Arup, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Alfa Tech Consulting Engineers, Kohler Ronan, Thornton Tomasetti, and Langan top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest...
March 20, 2025
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Image by zikiline from Pixabay
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Top 25 Casino Engineering Firms for 2024

IMEG, Jensen Hughes, Kimley-Horn, Langan, KPFF Consulting Engineers, FEA Consulting Engineers, and Vanderweil Engineers top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation...
March 20, 2025
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Image by Pexels from Pixabay
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Top 25 Casino Architecture Firms for 2024

Gensler, JCJ Architecture, Shive-Hattery, Perkins Eastman, WATG, and HBG Design top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest casino architecture and architecture...
March 20, 2025
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Giants 400

Call for surveys: 2025 Giants 400 Report

The 2025 Giants 400 Report will feature more than 130 AEC firm rankings across 25 building sectors and specialty categories. Surveys are due May 9, 2025.
March 18, 2025

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Photo courtesy NBBJ
Multifamily Housing

3 unexpected ways to solve the housing crisis

From employer-provided homes to destigmatizing affordable housing, NBBJ Principals Megha Sinha and Kim Way discuss three solutions to the housing crisis.
March 21, 2025
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Large Apartment Complex under Construction. New construction of a large apartment complex
MFPRO+ Research

Yardi Matrix forecast shows multifamily rents steady, deliveries rising

Supply absorption and policy volatility could slow rent growth, according to the report.
March 20, 2025
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Architectural details of modern apartment building.
Affordable Housing

Trump Administration stops program that preserves affordable housing units

$1 billion program pays for repairs that keep affordable housing livable.
March 19, 2025
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The Riverie in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. Rendering by The Boundary
Multifamily Pro+

A waterfront multifamily development in Brooklyn will offer 834 units, 30% of them designated as affordable housing

Designed by Marvel, the all-electric project, The Riverie, will include the largest residential building powered by geothermal energy in New York.
March 11, 2025

Healthcare Facilities

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Photo by Wellu Hamalainen; copyright C.F. Møller Danmark A/S
Photo by Wellu Hamalainen; copyright C.F. Møller Danmark A/S
Healthcare Facilities

A psychiatric clinic in Finland showcases a patient-focused design by C.F. Møller Architects

The Tampere Psychiatric Clinic comprises three U-shaped care buildings and an administrative building that circle around an enclosed courtyard, providing patients a socializing...
March 11, 2025
Courtesy SmithGroup
Photo courtesy SmithGroup
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
© Gresham Smith
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

Education Facilities

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Photo courtesy Design Collaborative
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
HGA
The new three-story facility will support the university’s engineering and computer science programs, which CSUSM wants to expand.
Higher Education

California State University San Marcos poised to start first major construction project in more than 10 years

The new building will consolidate engineering and science programming.
March 9, 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
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Prairie Trails School. Photo courtesy IMEG
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

AEC Tech Innovation

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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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3d Printed House © Sergii Kolesnikov | Dreamstime.com
3D Printing

Alternative approach to 3D printing involving off-site-built components being tested

Prefab method could yield taller structures, reduce cost.
March 14, 2025
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Photo © Sompong Sriphet | Dreamstime.com
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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Modern construction of 3D houses. printed house using a 3D printer. printed house on a 3D printer, innovative construction technologies.
3D Printing

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

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

Office+Workplace

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Image by Pexels from Pixabay
Giants 400

Top 180 Workplace Interior Architecture Firms for 2024

Gensler, Interior Architects, HOK, Perkins&Will, Stantec, and SmithGroup top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest workplace interior and interior fitout...
March 11, 2025
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Photo © Fizkes | Dreamstime.com
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
© Connie Zhou
Two people sitting in modern biophilic office room
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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Photo © Bruce Damonte, courtesy NBBJ
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

Cultural Facilities

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Photo: Tom Holdsworth, courtesy GWWO Architects
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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Fire brigade have been putting up metal flood barriers. Flood in Prague, Czech Republic.
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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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

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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Image by jjlidaka from Pixabay
Giants 400

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
HOK
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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Courtesy Gresham Smith
Courtesy Gresham Smith
Airports

Designing for accessibility: Creating inclusive airport experiences

Gresham Smith authors David P. Park, SEGD, and Altan Cekin, AIA, highlight the urgency of addressing accessibility in airports holistically, ensuring that all travelers can navigate...
March 19, 2025
Rendering © BIG
Gelephu International Airport in Gelephu, The Kingdom of Bhutan. Rendering © BIG
Airports

BIG unveils its design for Bhutan’s second international airport, scheduled to open in 2029

Gelephu International Airport resembles “a stylized mountain range,” with a modular diagrid structure made of locally sourced glulam timber and adorned with Bhutanese woodcarvings...
March 7, 2025
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
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
Image by Gerald Friedrich from Pixabay
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