To many, the built environment represents permanence, usefulness, shelter...

To the engineering and architectural imagination, the built environment is alive. It exists in a state of evolution, whether by modernization, rehabilitation, demolition or new construction. The City is being torn down and rebuilt even as you pass through it. You do not use your built environment; it acts upon you—it moves you where you are going, shows you what views to see, keeps you safe. Like you, it possesses character, attitude, purpose—a reason for living.

What better expression of the living, breathing built environment than the projects inspired by public agencies. Bridges, schools, street systems, parks, transit stations, utility infrastructures: these design and construction projects allow us to continue growing as a society. At HDR|Daniel Frankfurt, we view dedication to public service projects as a calling to a higher standard in design excellence and innovation.