Building Design, or BD, is a British weekly architectural magazine, based in London.

[2] BD was launched in 1969 by publisher Morgan Grampian[3] as a closed circulation weekly at a time when high-tech architecture was just starting to take off.

Its website, bdonline.co.uk, has 89,000 registered users and receives around 45,000 unique visitors a week, who generate over 750,000 page impressions a month.

The Architect of the Year Awards[9][10] reward the UK's top architectural practices behind excellent built projects.

Since their launch in 2004, the awards have grown in size and stature, featuring entries and attendance from leading practices, and have become firmly established as a key event in the architectural calendar.

Past editors and staff include Amanda Baillieu, Paul Finch,[26] Peter Murray, Martin Pawley,[27] Hugh Pearman and Kieran Long.