Inclusive design

Situated on the 6th Ring Road in Kuwait, this elegant 196,000m2 retail development belies the engineering challenges overcome in developing the structural engineering solutions.

A number of Buro Happold projects received recognition in the recently announced UK Civic Trust awards for 2013. In all seven Buro Happold projects were announced as outright winners of the award with three receiving...

Forming the centrepiece of Leeds Millennium Square, the Grade II listed Leeds Institute building needed extensive refurbishment to remodel the existing layout, upgrade services facilities and restore the iconic Victorian building back to its former glory. Buro Happold’s multi-disciplinary engineers delivered a holistic and sympathetic approach design to ensure the future of the building.

Lying at the entrance to the Thames Gateway, the Barking Town Square development is central to the area’s much needed regeneration. This mixed use development is being undertaken in two phases. The first focuses on refurbishing and extending Barking Central Library to create the Barking Lifelong Learning Centre (LLC), which will offer a variety of educational courses from providers such as the University of East London, Barking College and Barking Adult College. The second phase comprises the construction of 200 apartments on six floors that are located directly on top of the LLC and clustered around a central, landscaped courtyard.

Buro Happold has been appointed by the Battersea Power Station Development Company to provide multidisciplinary engineering design and consultancy to Phase 1 of the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.

British Land and Blackstone, the owners of Broadgate, have recently submitted a planning application to the City Corporation, which details their proposals for the development of 5 Broadgate. This entails the demolition of 4 and 6 Broadgate and the creation of a new building to be occupied by UBS. In addition to this, an addendum to the 5 Broadgate planning application has been submitted to retain 3 Broadgate, and further applications have been submitted to deliver the enhanced public realm and landscaping proposed in Sun Street Passage leading to Primrose Street, and for the introduction of retail space in the new Sun Street Square.

Inclusive design consultant Neil Smith takes his family to the Games

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The IBC/MPC Complex is the largest structure in the Olympic Park with a combined floor area of 160,000m² (temporary and permanent build).  

Expert access consultant, Neil Smith, is to join the management board of the UK’s National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC). Smith...

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...

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.

2013 will be seen as a significant year for the City of Birmingham with the opening of Britain's biggest ever public library. Situated in the heart of the city adjacent to Centenary Square, the new complex will replace the...

August 2006 saw the opening game at  the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium in London, the new home for Arsenal FC, one of Europe’s most prestigious and successful premiership football clubs. This opening game marked the beginning...

Situated in Birmingham’s flourishing and vibrant Westside district, The Cube stands elevated and proud on an ever-evolving skyline. Inspired by the area’s origins as a jewellery quarter, this £76M high-end, mixed-use development...

Designed around the theme of assembly and open debate, the Forum is a central part of the University of Exeter’s campus. The Forum Project saw several structures built or refurbished and enclosed under a stunning gridshell roof. As well as unifying these buildings and hosting a dramatic new reception, the roof shelters a range of state of the art teaching and discussion spaces.