Middle East

The Institution of Structural Engineers has announced there are to be two winners of its coveted Gold Medal this year: Buro Happold's CEO Paul Westbury, and Chris Wise from Expedition Engineering. Awarded for...

Grimshaw and Buro Happold reclaim the Cutty Sark for future generations    

Buro Happold has won this year’s Consultant of the Year category at the prestigious NCE/ ACE awards, announced last Friday at the exclusive Claridges Hotel in London, UK. The awards mark outstanding business performance by civil...

Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold is providing structural engineering services for the Beach and Howe mixed-use tower in Vancouver, Canada; Buro Happold is the design engineer, working in collaboration...

In a recent radio program on Dubai Eye, Buro Happold’s Rob Cooke talked about sustainability development in the Middle East. Historically, the region has used the US LEED rating system when working with sustainability. However,...

New Abu Dhabi medical complex wins Cityscape Best Sustainable Development award

Recreating traditional Arabian architecture

At last! We are delighted to confirm that we have passed the 500,000 mud block manufacturing milestone on the Atturaif UNESCO World Heritage Site, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! The mud blocks are being used for the restoration or...

Dr Rob Cooke, Buro Happold’s renewable energy expert in the Middle East talks about the new era of green thinking in the region. Renowned for being rich in fossil fuels and with the natural benefit of sunshine all...

Panel of internationally renowned judges also announced

Stretching between Mecca and Medinah via Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City, the brand new 460km long Haramain High Speed Rail project is a bold step towards a truly connected Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our team have designed the four main stations, combining efficiency and aestethics into landmarks for the cities they are serving.

An exemplar project for Buro Happold in terms of multi-disciplinary team working and a cultural first for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture and Knowledge will offer a range of specialised cultural, educational and youth leadership programmes and activities, to promote a positive impact on human development and culture within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The New Doha International Airport (NDIA), located in Doha, Qatar, will serve as the official gateway to the Middle East and set the benchmark in airport service standards, efficiency, and passenger convenience. Scheduled to open...

For the City of Riyadh, the King Abdullah Financial District is a new development, being undertaken by the Rayadah Investment Corporation on behalf of the Pension Authority of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, consisting of over one...

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...

Wadi Al Asla is located approximately 15 kms to the east of the city of Jeddah. For over 20 years the Wadi was partially used to store untreated sewage due to inadequate sewage treatment facilities in the city. This resulted in the formation of a sewage lake about 3 km² in area.

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....

King Khaled International Airport is located on the north-east of the city of Riyadh and is recognised in the city’s development plan as the greatest opportunity in Riyadh to develop a major cutting edge mixed use employment,...

Wadi Hanifah is a 120km long, 4500km2 watershed that passes through the capital city of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Located in the middle of the Najd Plateau it has been labelled the most significant natural feature in the region.