BDP Education Profile

Education

BDP is a major international, multidisciplinary practice of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists.

60+

Years of Design

1000+

Industry Awards

1300+

Global Staff

19

Global Studios

Our global network of city studios bring cross-discipline design thinking to the full spectrum of the built environment.

Culture and Leisure

Education

Healthcare

Heritage

Housing

Media Environments

Retail and Mixed Use

Urbanism

Workplace

Professions

Architecture

Acoustics

Building Services

Engineering

Civil and Structural

Engineering

Graphic Design and Wayfinding

Inclusive Design

Interior Design

Landscape Architecture

Lighting

Sustainability

Urban Design

Urban Planning

Our Clients

Emaar

Earth

Shapoorji Pallonji

Ruhil Group

Radius

Bluejay

BPTP

Lodha

Mahindra

Godrej

Bhartiya City

Ireo

Gulshan Homz

Reliance

Zurich Airport

Noida International Airport

Unitech

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

Bernard vanLeer Foundation

Sun Group

PRA Realty India Pvt. Ltd.

Inkel Limited

Heriot Watt University

Houses of Parliament

Hudson Pacific

Iarnród Éireann

Indian Institute of Technology

Infrastructure Ontario

Ireland National Paediatric Hospital Development

Board

Jiujiang Defu Technology

John Innes Centre

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Lima 2019

Manchester Science Partnerships

MP Kings Retail S.à r.l.

Municipality of Winterswijk

Nanjing University

National Gallery of Ireland

National Maritime Museum

National University of Ireland

Netflix

Network Rail

NHS

Nike

Olympic Design Authority

PwC

Qatar 2022

Queen Mary University London

Rogers Media

Royal Albert Hall

Royal Opera House

Seoul Metropolitan Government

Sheffield Hallam University

Singapore People's Association

The Berkely Group

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

TransManche Link

Transport for Greater Manchester

Transport Scotland

University College London

University of Cambridge

University of Manchester

University of Strathclyde

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Design

Design at every stage

Visioning

Briefing

Design

Delivery

Operation

Design at every scale

Cities

Neighbourhoods

Streets

Parks

Buildings

Interiors

Our approach places the user at the heart of the design process to create the very best learning environments that enthuse and nurture the people who use them. Our schools are inclusive, sociable and accessible for all. Our holistic approach delivers indoor spaces that are environmentally comfortable and controllable, usable and inspiring outdoor space and leading-edge sports facilities.

Nurturing

Our design philosophy has produced an unrivalled body of work, representing quality and quantity; our schools have achieved outstanding levels of user satisfaction as evidenced by the post occupancy evaluations we undertake.

Quality Learning

Design quality - over 1,000+ awards

Sustainable design

Inclusive and equitable design

Projects

Junior School, Mumbai

The space gives flexibility for active learning along with focused learning. In addition, a calm sensory room devoted to relaxing and developing the senses

Junior School, Mumbai, India

Junior School, Mumbai

Mumbai, India

Reliance Limited Ltd.

Interior Design

Junior School, Mumbai, India

St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool

College

Liverpool, UK

Liverpool City Council

Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design

St John Bosco Arts

St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool

St John Bosco Arts College

BREEAM Excellent building, with a simple, efficient form to allow for greater flexibility.

The three-storey single span, column free environment, contains an exciting mix of learning environments and social spaces.

St John Bosco Arts College

St John Bosco Arts College is a new build secondary 1,100 place Catholic girls’ school in Croxteth, Liverpool. The new school is housed in a threestorey single span column free environment, which contains an exciting mix of learning environments and social spaces

"A complex brief on a challenging site, executed with love and care to create something enduring and special.”

– RIBA Awards Judges

Centre for Creative Learning, Francis Holland School, UK

Unlocks a dark corner of the conservation area setting with a rooftop garden, outdoor classroom and library.

A fabric first approach and passive design measures to reduce energy demand.

Centre for Creative Learning

Francis Holland School

Centre for Creative Learning

Francis Holland School

London, UK

Francis Holland School

Architecture, Acoustics, Building Services Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design

Mandi School

Situated in the foothills of Himalayas and being on an environmentally sensitive site with 30% area under forest, the campus development was an immense challenge. Thus, the masterplan is consciously and deliberately not imposed on the site but is developed around it.

IIT

IIT Mandi School, India

IIT Mandi School

Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

IIT Mandi Architecture, Master planning and Landscape Architecture

Maidenhill Primary and Nursery School

Sustainable design featuring solar panels, sedum roof, low energy lighting and low water use fitting.

A growing garden for food production and water harvesting, encourages a sustainable approach to play.

Maidenhill Primary School

East Renfrewshire, UK

GTMS

Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture

and St Brigid's Primary School, UK

Community hub where education is delivered alongside council and community services.

The design of internal spaces responds to the feedback received from pupils, staff and parents.

Newmains and St Brigid's Primary School

Newmains and St Brigid’s Primary School

North Lanarkshire, UK

North Lanarkshire Council

Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Barton Science Centre, Tonbridge School

Reuse of existing heritage asset that enables continued teaching at the historic heart of the school.

At its centre, a shared forum links the physics, biology and chemistry departments through a three-storey atrium.

Barton Science Centre, Tonbridge School

Tonbridge, UK

Tonbridge School

Architecture, Acoustics, Graphic Design, Interior Design,

Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design

GEMS Wellington Academy

Dubai, UAE Dubai

Premier Schools International (LLC)

Architecture and Interior Design

GEMS Wellington Academy, Dubai

Early Learning Centre, Mumbai

Mumbai, India

Reliance Limited Ltd.

Interior Design & Landscape

Early Learning Centre, Mumbai, India

Early Learning Centre, Mumbai

The school is a free flow space without defined classrooms, maximising on the potential of the space. It has learning and play spaces both indoors and on the terrace.

Early Learning Centre, Mumbai, India

Atchikadu School, Pondicherry

Pondicherry, India

Ulearn Today

Architecture and Master planning

School, Pondicherry, India

Atchikadu

Atchikadu School,

Pondicherry

The school intends to establish a globally acclaimed curriculum with sustainability at the core of learning. The residential school with a Net zero approach, combines sustainable practices with modernistic interpretation.

Academy Watershed, UK

Wardle

Transformation of a redundant sports hall space into a flexible testbed for new forms of teaching and learning.

Low-tech, low-carbon construction enabled student, apprentice and local community involvement.

Wardle Academy

Wardle Academy

Manchester, UK

Watergrove Trust

Architecture, Acoustics, Building Services Engineering, Structural Engineering, Graphic Design, Interior Design

Fusing education, homes and nature, the mixed use development forms a catalyst for social mobility.

A landscape first approach, which promises a rich community for children to combine nature and education. Westergouwe Community Centre

Westergouwe Community Centre

Gouda, The Netherlands

Gemeente Gouda Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Mulberry Park Community Hub, UK

Mulberry Park Community Hub

Primary school, children’s nursery and state-of-the art community facilities. Community facilities developed through close consultation with local residents.

Bath, UK

Curo

Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture

Mulberry Park Community Hub

Smythe Library, Tonbridge School, UK

Smythe Library, Tonbridge School

Sensitive redevelopment which transforms the 1960s stone clad library into an inspirational learning centre.

Internal walls stripped out to create open, flexible spaces spread over four levels of the existing building.

Smythe Library, Tonbridge School

Tonbridge, UK

Tonbridge School

Architecture, Acoustics, Building Services Engineering, Interior Design, Lighting Design

Metropolis Lyceum, The Netherlands

Amsterdam Metropolis Lyceum, The Netherlands

Future-oriented educational vision, where students can enjoy freedom of learning within a clear framework.

Circular economy features include recycled wooden ceilings harvested from the existing school.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands St. Regionaal Opleidingencentrum van Amsterdam Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Amsterdam Metropolis Lyceum

Metropolis Lyceum, The Netherlands

Lemmer Lyceum, The Netherlands

Lemmer Lyceum, The Netherlands

Marlowe Academy, UK

Monmouth Secondary School, UK

Richard Rose Morton Academy, UK

Insights and Ideas

Global trends

People-centred placemaking

Design for Inclusion

How can we make projects more inclusive beyond accessibility?

Design for Inclusion

Society is demanding an equitable approach to the design and development of the built environment.

Our guiding principles outline how can we create social value and support ESG objectives.

Design for Inclusion

BDP’s inclusive design approach focuses on the full range of human diversity and our vast human needs to enable everyone to live and thrive.

Design for Inclusion

3D acoustic modelling

Just one of the methods we have at our disposal to visualise the behaviour of sound to ensure the auditory experience is inclusive for all.

South Bank University's Chapel Theatre

Rising to the Climate Challenge Sustainable design strategies for the built environment.