BDP NYC Placemakers

We are architects, engineers, designers and urbanists

BDP designs at every scale – from city masterplans, neighborhoods, parks, squares, streets and buildings to specialist light fittings – and at every stage in the process of placemaking; from visioning to briefing, design, delivery and operation.

Harnessing our collective ethos, the spirit of the practice is about making places. We believe that good design can meet the challenges posed by a dynamic and changing world.

We operate from a global network of city studios, all creative hubs connected to the cities and regions they serve.

As part of the Nippon Koei Group, we fuse a passion for placemaking and user-centered design with innovative infrastructure skills.

We look forward to collaborating with you.

Chris Harding Chair

Our vision is to be the world’s leading integrated architecture, engineering and design firm, delivering world class solutions which enhance the communities they serve

Our culture of learning, research and thought leadership enables us to push boundaries; functionally, experientially, technically and regulatory, for the betterment of society. We are at the vanguard of placemaking and exploit digital technology to amplify our ability to think, imagine and deliver new places.

Our beautifully simple approach to design is based on a clarity of integrated thinking, a curiosity about people and places across the world and the careful creation of an authentic unified experience.

We set out to discover the core of each design challenge and to synthesise all the elements to achieve the essence of the solution: places which lift the spirits.

BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE

Our designs are distinct; social, natural, useful and beautiful – a reflection of humanity.

Future cities will be denser, greener and connected.

We work with everyone involved in the process of placemaking to integrate all life’s activities in sustainable human scale communities.

FUTURE CITIES

Backaplan, Gothenburg

MIXED

Creating vibrant city life by dovetailing mixed uses in new and exciting ways

307 Lake Shore Boulvard East, Toronto

Studio on Richmond, Toronto

Homes and communities which are affordable and where people love to live

Armada Housing, Den Bosch

Places for learning which are connected with the communities they serve

Faith Schools’ Joint Campus, Glasgow

Smythe Library, Tonbridge School

SCHOOLS

UNIVERSITIES

and

which

and

University of South Wales

Bright Building, Manchester Science Park

Victoria Square, Belfast

Places for shopping which embrace the intensity of our cities in an augmented age

HEALTHCARE

Places which promote healthy living and aid healing and recovery

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool

Places for scientific discovery which foster

through

Technology and Innovation Center, University of

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

CULTURE & LEISURE

Places for performance, galleries, museums, conferences, leisure, sport and hotels: all enriching city life

Suzhou Exhibition Center

Royal Albert Hall, London

Wimbledon Tennis Championships, London

Old

Ground,

EVENTS

HERITAGE

Adapting and preserving historically important places for new uses and future generations

Palace of Westminster, London

Improving connections in some of the world’s most iconic cities

Paddington Lawn, London

Whitechapel Crossrail, London

TRANSPORT

INFRASTRUCTURE

Radical design approaches for a growing, global, urban population

Blackburn Meadows Biomass, Sheffield

Ordsall Chord, Manchester

has won over 1000 awards

a selection is listed below.

RIBA National Award

Blackburn Meadows Biomass,

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital,

City Campus, University of Wales

design quality

Heslington East Campus, University of York

Cardiff Central Library

Navigation Warehouse, Wakefield

Liverpool ONE (Shortlist for Stirling

No 1 North Bank, Sheffield

BDP Manchester studio

RIBA Regional Award

One Angel Square, Northampton

Southmead Hospital, Bristol

Boxpark Croydon

Oldham Town Hall

Cardiff Central Library

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital,

Cardiff and Vale College,

St John Bosco Arts College,

Enterprise South Liverpool Academy

Richard Rose Morton Academy, Carlisle

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Civic Trust Award

Blackburn Meadows Biomass,

Enterprise Center, University of East Anglia

UK Pavilion, Milan Expo

Creative Arts Building, City College Norwich

Mount Street, London

City Campus, University of Wales

Liverpool ONE

Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, Brighton

Victoria Square, Belfast

National Army Museum, London

Goldsmith Award)

RICS National Award

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool

Graham Headquarters, Hillsborough

Victoria Square, Belfast

Liverpool ONE MAPIC Award

Liverpool ONE

CIBSE Building Performance Award

Enterprise Center, University of East Anglia

Building Performance Consultancy of the Year

Planning Award

Maldon District Design Guide

Aberdeen City Center Masterplan

Whitechapel Vision

Victoria Square, Belfast

Prime Minister’s Award for Better Public Building

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool

Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, Birmingham

Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital,

BCSC Gold Award

Liverpool ONE Revo Gold Award

The Lexicon, Bracknell

Boxpark Croydon

East Kilbride Leisure Hub Blueprint Award

UK Pavilion, Milan Expo

European

Lothian

for

Academy of Engineering’s

Chord,

of Structural Engineers

AJ Retrofit Award

Smythe Library, Tonbridge School

Oldham Town Hall Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year

Michelle McDowell, Chair of Civil and

Engineering

BREEAM Award

Land Securities Headquarters, London

Enterprise Center, University of East Anglia

Waitrose, Bracknell

Building of the Year Award

St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool (finalist)

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (finalist)

Collaboration of the Year Award

BDP and Wolfgang Buttress

Mixology Award

Mark Simpson - Henry Pugh Outstanding

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital,

Royal Pharmaceutical Society,

Oldham Town Hall

St John Bosco Arts College,

City Campus, University of Wales

Cardiff Central

Manchester Visitor Information Center

Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital,

Governor General’s

Atlantic Avenue,

Studios

Abu Dhabi Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Dublin Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds Lima Liverpool London Manchester New Delhi New York City Rotterdam Shanghai Sheffield Singapore Toronto

Photography: Nick Caville, Rob Ball, David Barbour, Hufton + Crow, Paul Crudge, Gareth Gardner, Grosvenor, Martine Hamilton Knight, Paul Karalius, Mark Hadden, Marco Jacobs, ZGPhotography, Terrence Zhang

Cover: Abito Apartments, Manchester