Building environments

Elegantly placed in the rural Arkansas landscape, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a series of seven concrete, glass and wood pavilions set along a stream bed. Within the complex are permanent and temporary galleries, a library, meeting areas, an auditorium, indoor and outdoor areas for public events, sculpture gardens and walking trails.

Happold Consulting International has been commissioned by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Environmental Defence Fund to look at organisational alternatives to ensure that New York City's sustainability agenda is maintained...

Designed by architectural practice Morphosis, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas is approaching the final stages of construction and this latest image from the site highlights the progress to date. Buro...

Creating Saudi Arabia’s most significant commercial real estate development

The Partnership for Sustainable Construction aims to raise awareness of sustainable construction and horizontal cooperation between all players in the sustainable building life cycle. As part of the project, a...

Consultancy delivering phase 2 and 3 of Heart of Doha, Qatar’s responsible urban redevelopment Situated in central Doha, Qatar’s capital city and economic powerhouse, the Heart of Doha is an ambitious and ground...

The UK government has redefined zero carbon and the new description is slightly Orwellian! Some commentators believe that the costs of zero carbon buildings make them impossible to justify whilst others believe that we’ll never...

Easily recognisable from a distance due to its distinctive silhouette, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s new purpose-built venue will create a dynamic cultural space in the heart of Katowice, and generate many...

International multidisciplinary engineering consultants Buro Happold added to their already impressive awards tally for 2011 with a night of wins at this year’s prestigious Structural Awards ceremony on Friday (18 November). The...

This month saw the US launch of Happold Consulting, the strategic management arm of international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold. Based in New York, the subsidiary will provide integrated development...

Located in the Diplomatic Quarter on the northwest perimeter of Riyadh stands Tuwaiq Palace, a complex originally designed as a diplomatic club but now used by the Saudi government as a hospitality centre. The demands of the...

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...

Originally built in 1974, the Forum Steglitz shopping centre is situated in one of Berlin’s busiest multi-functional shopping and service areas. With a footfall of approximately 10 million visitors a year the shopping centre also...

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...

The new Riverside Museum, Scotland’s Museum of Transport and Travel, is located on a dramatic site at the point where two rivers, the Clyde and the Kelvin meet, close to Glasgow Harbour. As well as providing a permanent home for collections not previously on public display, the new museum exhibits the contents of the old Glasgow Museum previously held at Kelvin Hall. Kelvin Hall was the second most visited attraction of its type in the UK, with half a million visitors a year, so the new Riverside Museum is well placed to become a world-class cultural destination.

Inspired by folklore, the Polish Pavilion has a striking façade that features a number of inclined surfaces designed to resemble folded paper, cut out in a folk art design. Reflecting the main theme of the Expo – ‘Better City,...

Dating from the 19th Century. Clarence Dock was originally constructed to transport goods to and from the centre of Leeds, particularly coal from the collieries in Wakefield and Rothwell, which was then distributed to heavy...

The University of Salford is committed to the Campus Plan 20-year vision that is contributing to the wider regeneration of the city of Salford. The plan aims to provide a sustainable, accessible place for students and staff to...

Completed in July 2006, Palestra was constructed as a speculative commercial office building, aimed to appeal to the high end of the London office market. The original project was designed by Alsop architects, with Buro Happold...