Inspiration

Creativity is the absolute centre of everything we do at Buro Happold. The ability to approach a new problem with a fresh mind is what enables us to deliver some of the world's most outstanding buildings and city plans. But without inspiration, creativity just wouldn't exist. We get our inspiration from all kinds of different places: buildings, the natural world, people, history. There really is no limit. And because it's so central to what we do, we thought we'd share some of what we find inspiring with you.

Inspiration

18/01/2012

We are all touched by spaces which inspire, stimulate or comfort us. Great buildings capture the public imagination, and become part of our cultural identity. Many of these buildings have stood the test of time and have been...

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Inspiration

03/01/2012

When I was eleven years old I first went abroad – to France on the ferry naturally (it was the cheap way to travel). I went with Mum, Dad and sister to a place on the coast near Bordeaux called Royan. There we found a <link...

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19/10/2011

Inspiration

19/10/2011

I have a very thinly disguised interest in product design. Paul Westbury would look at my cheap watch, suit and car and say that my interest is very...

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Inspiration

17/10/2011

When your technical skill lies in the world of building environmental design - where pipe and wire meets architecture, where kilowatt-hour meets human comfort - finding an inspiring image that defines your craft is something of a...

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News

12/10/2011

Bring to Light is a free night time public art festival in New York that takes place simultaneously with ‘Nuit Blanche’ events in cities around the world. Inviting emerging and established artists to make site-specific...

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News

06/10/2011

Can somebody please find an example of an exact 90 degree angle in nature for me? Let’s all go outside and look around -anyone? And then this: I cut my skin last week chopping tomatoes for a salad and now the cut has healed;...

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News

10/06/2011

Buro Happold provided structural and MEP engineering for Section 2’s daring structural interventions – the Flyover and Cutout. International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold provided sophisticated...

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Project

31/05/2011

The Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Laboratory is the third project in the world to receive “Living” status under the Living Building Challenge, showcasing a cost-effective passive design approach that facilitates...

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Project

31/05/2011

Designed by architect Thomas Edward Collcutt, The Savoy Hotel opened in 1889 as the dream of Richard D’Oyly Carte who funded his world-class hotel venture with the profits from staging Gilbert and Sullivan in the Savoy Theatre...

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Project

26/05/2011

In March 2007, the Tourist Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi announced that a new Louvre Museum would be completed in the city of Abu Dhabi by 2012. The new museum’s dramatic domed roof is undoubtedly the strongest...

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Project

26/05/2011

The site of the Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City development is adjacent to the Arabian Gulf coastline, 85km south of Kuwait City. From two environmentally impoverished hyper saline creeks, an ecologically rich waterway city is growing....

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Project

23/05/2011

The Bard Center for Science and Computation is a dynamic, interactive workspace located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The stunning curved structure is the new academic hub of the campus, with facilities that will draw...

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Project

05/05/2011

Wadi Hanifah is a 120km long, 4500km2 watershed that passes through the capital city of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Located in the middle of the Najd Plateau it has been labelled the most significant natural feature in the region.

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