Universities

Building Design for Animals

“Our experience with the firm has been excellent... BDA has delivered an exciting and innovative design.”

— Michael Kotlikoff
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University

Many of the technological advances that veterinary medicine has experienced have been driven by university veterinary school research. Keeping up to date with current advancements and anticipating future trends is critical for your design team. Stem cells, genetics, and expanding nuclear medicine options are all examples of technologies that need to be considered. The advancement in interaction between human and animal medical research — the One Health initiative and similar programs focusing on zoonotic pathogen and cross-species disease – is a major influence in today’s veterinary school design.

Along with on-campus projects, the need to expand a veterinary educational institution’s influence results in off-campus outreach facilities. BDA has been fortunate to have been selected as the designer and lead architect for such specialty and research veterinary hospitals for some of the nation's leading veterinary education institutions.

BDA also offers consulting services for the veterinary-specific portions of multi-curriculum facilities. Schools of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Technician programs are part of our history.

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Veterinary University Community Practice

Michael Kotlikoff
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University

“Cornell hired BDA to work with a developer to design the renovation of an existing 20,000 sq ft building in Stamford CT, which will become the Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, an advanced emergency/referral practice. Our experience with the firm has been excellent; despite significant time and cost constraints associated with this project, BDA has delivered an exciting and innovative design and their work has been essential in our ability to move this project forward. The firm has tremendous experience in the field and comes to the table with a full set of options and alternatives, as well as the most up-to-date information on equipment and technology design issues. I enthusiastically recommend them for any sophisticated veterinary facility and would be glad to provide any additional information required.”