What We're About

Commitment, Creativity, Collaboration, Focused on Results

BHDP is an award-winning, international design firm, recognized for innovative and inspiring solutions in architecture, planning, interior design, and experiential graphic design to provide more informed design solutions for our clients. We serve seven markets: Workplace, Higher Education, Industrial, Discovery & Science, Healthcare, Government, and Retail.

Our purpose is to design environments that positively impact peoples’ behaviors to achieve results for our clients. We are committed to a rigorous collaborative design process that starts with understanding our clients, their people, and processes. Fueled with this knowledge, we provide clear foresight, integrated design, and imaginative solutions that deliver brilliant experiences for our clients and the people within these places. 

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What You Can Expect

Brilliant Experiences

Clear Foresight.

BHDP helps clients look ahead to imagine how they will be utilizing the space in the future to its maximum potential. We incorporate forward-focused, design practices into every project.

Integrated Design.

We unify all disciplines (architecture, interior design, experiential graphic design, engineering, construction, etc.) in a seamless team that’s fully engaged at the very beginning of the process and singularly focused on generating the best solutions.

Imaginative Solutions.

As tireless creative problem-solvers, we apply a relentless client-centric approach in the development of innovative design recommendations and resourceful solutions that are well-balanced with creativity and strategic rationale. 

Quantum Health Partners interior

Our Markets

Strategic, Informed Design

BHDP has over eight decades of experience serving clients worldwide.

What Our Clients Say About Working With Us

  • We ask, we listen, we learn.
  • We are driven by our passion for our clients.
  • We thrive on complex challenging projects.
  • We focus deliberately on results because we want every project to be successful.
  • We employ a rigorous approach to our design process.
  • We bring deep knowledge of how places are evolving and how that will impact the design.
  • We work as a team by leveraging our individual and collective strengths.
  • We value our clients and strive to become their trusted advisor.

BHDP has time and time again been our key to success. They are a trusted partner and represent a perfect balance of design, schedule, and budget. It is rare to see a partner treat every project as if it were their own.

Procter & Gamble Global Architect

Our People

Leadership at BHDP

Peggi Anneken

Peggi Anneken

Business Development Manager

Tom Arends

Tom Arends

Design Leader, Partner

Rebecca Coleman

Rebecca Coleman

Vice President of People

Chris Collett

Chris Collett

Lead Architect, Associate

Samantha Delabar

Samantha Delabar

Design Leader, Partner

Kevin Denman

Kevin Denman

Senior Project Manager, Associate

Larry DiGennaro

Larry DiGennaro

Client Leader, Partner

Todd Duwel headshot

Todd Duwel

Government Market Leader

Headshot of Rusty Elchert

Rusty Elchert

Workplace Director of Operations, Associate

Don Elsen

Don Elsen

Lead Architect, Associate

Justin Ferguson

Justin Ferguson

Lead Strategist

Mike Habel

Mike Habel

Executive Principal, Partner

Don Haunert

Don Haunert

Client Leader, Partner

Kate Huentelman

Kate Huentelman

Business Development Manager

David Johnson

David Johnson

President, COO, Partner

Jeffrey T. Kring

Jeffrey T. Kring

Director of Architecture, Higher Education; Associate

George Lamar

George Lamar

Business Development Manager

Margaret Lange

Margaret Lange

Director of Experiential Graphic Design

Andrew McQuilkin

Andrew McQuilkin

Design Leader, Partner

Tim Mueller

Tim Mueller

CFO, Partner

Paul Orban

Paul Orban

Higher Education Market Leader, Partner

Michelle Lopez Orsini

Michelle Lopez Orsini

Design Leader

Tony Ponting

Tony Ponting

Lead Architect, Associate

Drew Suszko

Drew Suszko

Workplace Market Leader, Partner

Kara Timmons

Kara Timmons

Business Development Manager

Michael Verdier

Michael Verdier

Industrial Market Leader, Partner

Our Design Process

Working collectively with our clients, every BHDP team follows our eight-phase Design Process to extract an intimate understanding of our clients’ needs so their people, organizational model, processes, culture, brand equities, challenges, expectations, and goals are carefully explored and accurately identified prior to the ideation of design solutions. As opposed to designing to a moment in time, we want to know where our clients are going so our design solutions remain relevant with future changes. This collaborative, transparent approach ensures the project achieves the results our clients require. 

Investing in Emerging Design Technology 

We embrace technology to support innovation and improve our project delivery approach by leveraging the newest generation of design and collaboration tools available. These technology platforms offer a competitive advantage to our clients and are core to our SmartWork initiative. We are continually integrating advanced technology into our process applications while exploring new emerging technologies for future opportunities. 
 

VR and AR Technology

To assist clients at critical decision-making stages, we have integrated virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology into our Design Process. Recently, our designers used VR to finalize the design of a well-known regional theater. While delivering options for its new stage and seating areas, we were able to virtually place the client team in every individual seat of the theater to demonstrate how our design enhanced the experience from every patron’s viewpoint.

VR walkthrough
Ensemble Health Partners entry
Matterport camera

3D Digital Scans through Matterport

We also use Matterport, a state-of-the-art camera, to collect a 3D digital scan of the as-built conditions of spaces prior to beginning work on each project. This 3D platform provides preexisting data points to all members of the architectural and engineering teams to help inform design decisions throughout the process. Matterport integrates seamlessly into SketchUp, Revit, and AutoCAD, which provides the ability to create a digital twin of the current site conditions. Additionally, it creates 3D walkthroughs of space to immediately guide anyone on a virtual site tour to communicate key milestone achievements or to perform remote site inspections.

Our Commitment to Social Responsibility

Celebrating Diversity and Fostering Inclusion

We believe our promise, Design for People, is strengthened by embracing diversity and fostering inclusion across our organization as well as with partners, clients, and within our communities. For more than eight decades, we have been committed to leading our business in a socially responsible way and promoting our cultural values that accept and respect all races, ethnicities, religions, gender identities, and sexual orientations. This is also present in our collaborative Design Process which begins by asking, listening, and seeking to better Understand and Discover the strengths and diverse talents of individuals. At BHDP, we strive to:

  • Actively seek engagements that encourage diversity and inclusion.
  • Provide opportunities for underrepresented communities to engage with the design profession and understand it as a viable career path.
  • Engage and collaborate with underrepresented businesses to foster and leverage their diverse strengths and talents.
  • Seek partnerships with universities to expand the pool of diversity and inclusion talent resources in our profession and firm.

Focusing on Sustainability

Standing desk at BHDP

At BHDP, we are committed to both designing for our clients and operating our business in a sustainable manner. Through several initiatives and local partnerships, our firm has made actionable changes and strives to meet daily and long-term environmental goals.

Across all of our offices, we have worked with our landlords to have recycling in place, retrofitted all of our lighting systems to LED, and scheduled our HVAC and lighting systems to turn off when our offices are unoccupied. Furthering our commitments, the following partnerships and goals allow us to remain at the forefront of sustainable practices for our clients:

  • BHDP serves the Cincinnati 2030 District as a professional partner.
  • Client Leader Daniel Lessing is an active leader of the Cincinnati 2030 District as the Chairperson of the Energy Impact Team as well as a member of the Green Umbrella Advisory Committee.
  • BHDP is working toward accrediting at least 50 percent of our designers in LEED or WELL.
  • We have incorporated BHDP's Six Focus Areas into our QA/QC Processes to achieve 100 percent application to our projects.