Our Story

We are an ideas-driven design firm with an empathetic process. Our work is rooted in research, making and the belief that all voices should be heard. We help clients pursue health, community and a zero-carbon future.

The built environment is a powerful tool to activate change and is inextricably linked to positive health outcomes.

About Us

We are a legacy firm with more than 80 years of experience, constantly reinventing ourselves to better serve our clients and community.

NBBJ has been named one of the most innovative architecture firms by Fast Company five times, most recently in 2025 for creating a standards-based approach to design that provides cost, schedule and scope certainty.

Since 1943, NBBJ has helped pioneering organizations thrive by harnessing the power of design to create dynamic, inclusive places and experiences.

Our global network of researchers, strategists, nurses, architects, planners and interior designers work in 12 creative capitals around the world to bring world-changing ideas to life.

NBBJ is the recipient of more than 1,000 prestigious awards from leading design and business organizations, such as the American Institute of Architects, the Urban Land Institute, Fast Company and MIPIM.

We are a CarbonNeutral certified company through Natural Capital Partners’ Carbon Neutral Protocol, a signatory of the AIA 2030 Challenge and the Amazon Climate Pledge and a participant of the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué.

The Values We Live By

Our values bring our mission to life, guiding how we show up for each other and our clients.

We are united behind a calling to design a better future for our clients, society and planet.

Our Methodology

For us, design is an empathetic process that begins with listening.

Listen

We harness listening and emotional intelligence to fulfill the needs of end-users while researching and observing the culture, values and aspirations of our clients.

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Ask

After gathering insights, we explore possibilities with empathy: Do hospitals have to feel clinical? Can cities be designed for people, not cars? Must we always build new?

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Innovate

Next, we harness ideas to create iconic designs that add value and transform our clients’ businesses.

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Assess

A project is not finished when the doors open, so we stay in close contact with clients over time to evaluate the performance of their people and systems.

In the News

CNN Recognizes Oxford University Life and Mind Building as a "Project Set to Shape the World in 2025"

For the Fifth Time, Fast Company Honors NBBJ as One of the World’s Most Innovative Architecture Firms

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Our Story

About Us

The Values We Live By

We are united behind a calling to design a better future for our clients, society and planet.

We never stop asking “what if?” and “why?”

We wield extraordinary power, and have an obligation, to initiate environmental change.

We have a responsibility, through our process and work, to design with and for all.

We are entrepreneurs of our destiny, focused on the success of each other and our clients.

We are part of a story bigger than ourselves.

Our Methodology

In the News

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