Structural engineering

Creativity, analysis, ingenuity and a touch of technical genius...we combine all of this to deliver exciting, efficient structures that go beyond expectations. Our unrivalled reputation with architects, contractors and specialists means we can always offer outstanding design solutions and outstanding value.

We use the most sophisticated techniques to test our buildings and their performance, meticulously analysing every minute detail from materials and building methods to costs, risk and sustainability, to ensure our clients always have complete confidence in us.

Our global experience means that we can build in the most demanding of climates; we approach every project as unique, as a challenge waiting to be solved. From temporary structures such as the stunning Polish Pavilion in Shanghai and intricate art instillations such as Voussoir Clouds, to iconic masterpieces such as the roof at the British Museum and the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, our structural engineers can make a vision a reality.

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27/09/2011

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.

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Opinion

08/02/2012

Pigs love it, Glastonbury’s full of it, and it’s a pain to get out of carpets.

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News

31/10/2011

Surrounded by 120 wooded acres, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is set to open on 11.11.11. Comprised of a series of eight concrete, glass, and wood pavilions set along two spring-fed ponds in Northwest Arkansas, this...

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27/10/2011

News

21/10/2011

Consultancy wins prestigious annual engineering award in the Office category for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold announces that the United...

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Project

21/10/2011

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...

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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

01/09/2011

Buro Happold’s latest inspirational performance venue The new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury opens its doors to the public on 4 October, three years after construction started in 2008. The venue will open with a gala...

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News

17/08/2011

Consultancy to deliver the new home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold is to provide structural engineering services for the West Haymarket Arena; the new...

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News

10/08/2011

Rob May is a Senior Structural Engineer who works in both our Hong Kong and Beijing Offices. So Rob, tell me a little bit about what you are doing currently? I’m a senior structural engineer and currently split my time...

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News

27/07/2011

One of our former grad students, Jo is now a well known tensile structures engineer based in our Bath office. So tensile structures – more than just a big tent? GRRR - so much more than just a big tent! Using a...

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News

30/06/2011

Engineering consultancy wins National Certificate of Recognition for Santa Monica refurb project Buro Happold is celebrating winning a National Certificate of Recognition from the American Institute for Steel (AISC) for...

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News

10/06/2011

Buro Happold delivers stunning new museum on banks of River Clyde From the smooth metallic sheen of the curved and pleated roof, down to the floor designed to take the weight of a steam train, the engineering design for...

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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

27/05/2011

The addition of a stunning roof to the Mediacite retail centre in Liège was a late addition to the architectural design, added by a brave client with the vision and determination to create a landmark for the community. Mall...

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Project

27/05/2011

The superb 4-star Mint Hotel is the centrepiece for a revitalised Granary Wharf development in Leeds city centre. By incorporating stylish, elegant yet cost-effective solutions, the solution satisfied the hotel’s need for maximum...

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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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26/05/2011

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.

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Project

26/05/2011

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,...

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Project

26/05/2011

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...

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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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Wolf Mangelsdorf

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Hayden Nuttall

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