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Lanchester Road Hospital, located in Durham on the former Earls House Hospital site, is a state-of-the-art new facility containing important adult mental health and learning disability services. Buro Happold, in conjunction with Bailer Garner and BAM Construction has delivered a thoughtful and sustainable design providing a safe, pleasant and therapeutic environment sympathetic to the needs of the staff and patients.

The Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) originally opened in 1962 and from its origins as an arts centre for young people in Birmingham it now provides access to the arts for all. About 10% of Birmingham’s population visit the MAC each year. The building originally comprised a mixture of independent buildings of differing architectural styles, built over a period of thirty years. The fundraising and concept design for updating this much-loved part of Birmingham’s cultural heritage was ten years in the making and the MAC re-opened its doors to the public in 2010.

Buro Happold and Schmidt Hammer Lassen have won an international design competition for a new culture centre and library in Karlshamn, Sweden. The new state of the art cultural centre will include a range of facilities...

What would be your reaction if someone told you that a team of ten people could build an acoustic shell for outdoor chamber music concerts from a pile of uncut wood in ten days? And that the total materials cost would be less...

The construction of a new international airport terminal on behalf of the Government of Gibraltar is now complete.  A phased opening of the new facility began with arrivals late in 2011 and departures will follow as the...

The Heartlands Project will bring together sound sustainable design principles to showcase a low carbon development and be a leader of sustainability in the UK through celebration of its heritage and being a catalyst for regeneration

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...

A magnificent medieval monument to heaven on earth, world famous Bath Abbey has experienced a fascinating and illustrious past. Now, following its role as host for the recent Power in Space 2011 conference the Cathedral and many...

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...

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. The new museum’s dramatic domed roof is undoubtedly the strongest feature...

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.

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...

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...

Developing a truly successful stadium design involves meeting a number of goals beyond simply creating a first class sporting arena. The list of additional demands for the main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics...

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), developed by the University of Sheffield in partnership with aerospace giant Boeing, was set up to tackle manufacturing problems, utilising the university’s expertise in metals...

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.