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Giants 400

BD+C Awards Programs

Entry information and past winners for Building Design+Construction's two major awards programs: 40 Under 40 and Giants 400



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Reconstruction Awards | Nov 16, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: Bay Area Metro Center

The structure’s 60,000-sf floor plates made the interior dark and foreboding, and BAHA wanted to improve working conditions for its employees and tenants. 

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 16, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University

The five-story brick-and-beam structure is an adaptive reuse of the Canada Hair Cloth Building, where coat linings and parachute silks were once made.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 16, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: Marwen

Marwen currently offers 100 studio courses to 850 underserved students from 295 schools and 53 zip codes.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 16, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: The Cigar Factory

The Cigar Factory was originally a cotton mill but became the home of the American Cigar Company in 1912. 

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 16, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: St. Patrick's Cathedral

The cathedral, dedicated in 1879, sorely needed work.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 15, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: Lovejoy Wharf

After demolishing the rotten wood wharf, Suffolk Construction (GC) built a new 30,000-sf landscaped quay, now known as Lovejoy Wharf.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 15, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: KETV-7 Burlington Station

The 1898 Greek Revival train terminal, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, had been abandoned for nearly four decades.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 14, 2016

Reconstruction Awards: The Gallery at the Three Arts Club

On the exterior of the building, masonry and terra cotta were revitalized, and ugly fire escapes on the south façade were removed.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 14, 2016

Big-box store rescaled to serve as a preventive-care clinic

The hospital was attracted to the big box’s footprint: one level with wide spans between structural columns, which would facilitate a floor plan with open, flexible workspaces and modules that could incorporate labs, X-ray, ultrasound, pharmacy, and rehab therapy functions.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 14, 2016

Fire-charred synagogue rises to renewed glory

The blaze left the 110-year-old synagogue a charred shell, its structural integrity severely compromised. 

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