Planning & operations

Planning buildings that work requires integration of a number of areas of expertise, involving people, processes and performance, to achieve cost effective, flexible and efficient spaces.

At Buro Happold, we are constantly learning how to achieve optimal places through post occupancy evaluation, analysing and measuring data to evolve our systems and strategic designs and to take these learning’s with us to the next project.

Our approach allows for barrier free design that is non-intrusive without compromise on aesthetic

By identifying risks and opportunities early on we can use our expert cutting edge knowledge to increase business mobility and productivity. Providing people with accessible, safe places encourages output which is good for business and for individuals. By using sophisticated technology and keeping up to date with regulatory bodies, partnering with universities and investing in research and development our approach allows for barrier free design that is non-intrusive without compromise on aesthetic.

We make buildings work for people, for business, for the future.

Planning & operations

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Project

18/05/2011

The O2 Arena sits within the former Millennium Dome – one of Buro Happold’s key projects of the late 1990s as a building within a building.

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News

21/11/2011

Roshantha is a senior engineer in Buro Happold’s Security team. So, what does security cover then? Quite a lot! There’s a lot of misconception about it all really. It’s not just CCTV and keeping an eye on people. The...

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News

27/10/2011

Technologies and Solutions for Smart Cities 8 – 10 November 2011CCH Congress Center Hamburg, Germany Intelligent Cities Expo is the only global exhibition dedicated to the development of smart, sustainable and...

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21/10/2011

Buro Happold and built environment think-tank The Edge hosted a two-day workshop in London on the theme of ‘City Performance’. Supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, the Italian Embassy and the Royal Danish...

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21/10/2011

Dr Shrikant Sharma to talk about advanced applications of BIM for integrated modelling Dr Shrikant Sharma, computational design expert at international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold is to share...

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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

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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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

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 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

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

11/05/2011

Redefining historical cultural spaces requires a certain set of skills: vision, perception and a delicate touch. The redevelopment of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre included the creation of a 1,030 seat auditorium with a thrust...

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05/05/2011

The world-leading Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine (SCRM) is a brand new, 9000m2 facility which will spearhead the University of Edinburgh’s work into vital stem cell research. A number of innovative renewable...

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Project

05/05/2011

Thomas Deacon is the UK’s largest academy, with 2,200 students from three pre-existing schools. The project brief called for the design to ‘promote the specialist science and mathematics nature of the academy and the concept of...

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Project

04/05/2011

Lynn University is one of the most ambitious universities in North America. Independent, co-educational and innovative, the mainly residential 3,500 students at Lynn benefit from one of the finest 21st century learning...

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Project

04/05/2011

Originally designed to serve short-haul flights, Heathrow’s Terminal 4 has grown in use since it first opened in 1986. Now home to 45 airlines, the project to upgrade the facility to meet modern demands will bring the building...

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06/07/2010

Andy Passingham strengthens consultancy’s global fire engineering capabilities International multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold has bolstered its fire engineering offering with the appointment of a...

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05/06/2009

Manchester remains base for group that started out 1863 The 3DReid design for The Co-operative Group’s new head office building in Manchester has been revealed. The architects will be working with...

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07/05/2009

State of the art offices to be designed by Heneghan Peng and Buro Happold One of the world’s top satellite operators, and the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world, Arabsat, is undergoing an...

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20/02/2009

Redevelopment of the Sighthill campus starts on site The redevelopment of the Sighthill campus at Napier University has now started on site. The campus will incorporate the Faculty of Health, Life and Social...

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Peter

Peter Moseley

Partner


Ian

Ian Maddocks

Partner


Regional Leaders

UK

Central Europe

Ian

Ian Booth

Partner


Northern Europe

Mike

Mike Cooper

Partner


North America

Michael

Michael McGough

Principal


Middle East & India

Kevin

Kevin Mitchell

Partner


Asia-Pacific

David

David Littler

Director


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