Diversity and Inclusion

Welcoming. Representative. Buildings are for everyone, and by designing inclusive environments we pave the way for meaningful change.

Connection creates meaning. Through hospitable, energizing environments, we design places where people can live their best lives together.

Engaged Communities

Connection creates meaning. Through hospitable, energizing environments, we design places where people can live their best lives together. 

We all want to leave the planet better. As creators of the built environment, we do our part through an unwavering commitment to reduce carbon through our work and actions.

Environmental Stewardship

We all want to leave the planet better. As creators of the built environment, we do our part through an unwavering commitment to reduce carbon through our work and actions. 

Health is more than the absence of disease. It’s an overarching sense of wellness, something that can be designed into every project—from offices to hospitals.

Healthy Living

Health is more than the absence of disease. It’s an overarching sense of wellness, something that can be designed into every project—from offices to hospitals. 

Financial uncertainty. Pivoting programs. These factors can impact a project at every turn. But through construction innovation, projects can be delivered faster and cheaper.

Process and Delivery

Financial uncertainty. Pivoting programs. These factors impact a project at every turn. But through design and construction innovation, projects can be delivered faster and cheaper. 

Aging properties don't have to become liabilities. Renewal and repositioning transforms outdated spaces into valuable assets—delivering results fast and cost-effectively.

Renewal and Repositioning

Flexibility Within a Framework: A New Approach to Standardization in Healthcare Design

The Next Gen Master Plan: How More Adaptable Planning Can Drive Success in a Rapidly Changing Market

Why the Next Frontier of Healthcare Design Innovation is Emotional Mapping

From Telehealth to AI, How Technology is Influencing Healthcare Design

Harvard Business Review: It’s Time to Design Hospitals That Take Care of Caregivers

Why the Auto Industry is Key to Designing Healthier, More Comfortable Buildings

Four Ideas to Improve Hospital Work Environments to Help Combat America's Nursing Crisis

Through Their Eyes: How Research-Based Computer Simulations Create Empathetic Buildings

NBBJ Fellow Dr. John Medina outlines five neuroscience-based design strategies to support healthcare workers and their patients.

Hope, Healing and Healthcare

Going Up: Why Vertical Hospitals Might Be the Next Frontier in Healthcare Design

Furniture that is comfortable and safe can be hard to find for people in distress. So on a recent behavioral health project, we met with patients and then designed our own.

When Craft Meets Comfort

In partnership with the University of Washington, we research strategies to overcome a common barrier to productivity: noise.

A Quiet Building Is a Healthy Building

NBBJ Developed the First Open Core Hospital Design. Twenty Years Later, Here's What We've Learned.

Three Ways to Guide Hospital Visitors Seeking Care

How to Rethink Wayfinding to Increase Infection Control and Decrease Patient Stress

The Four Levels of Health that Support Long-Term Success

Rethinking Well-Being at Work

Want to Reduce Your Company’s Carbon Footprint? Start with Your Headquarters

Healthy Air Improves Cognitive Function and Combats Disease. But Its Implications for Carbon Reduction Are Perhaps Most Important.

To Reduce Disease and Fight Climate Change, Design Buildings that Breathe

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